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Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC

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  • moe90@feddit.nlM [email protected]
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    They haven't blocked the windows feature, they're using DRM to interfere with it. Microsoft could easily change how the DRM works any time they want, rendering all these hacks useless.

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    • Q [email protected]

      He invented JavaScript, so definitely don't use that either. For real. JavaScript sucks.

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      JS is difficult to avoid. Brave is easy to avoid, just use another browser.

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      • timewarp@lemmy.worldT [email protected]

        Brave's CEO is a homophobic Trump supporter. No thanks.

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        He could be next husband of Ivanka Trump - I don't care

        If he provide good service for me - browser which fits my needs. I would even send him money every day

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          I don't, my OS doesn't come with any nonsense.

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          Me neither, I just watch the shit show from the bleachers.

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            He could be next husband of Ivanka Trump - I don't care

            If he provide good service for me - browser which fits my needs. I would even send him money every day

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            That's the logic of as long as it benefits ME I don't care and I support them no matter what they do. This same logic has been applied to all the shitty things done in history like slavery, war and so forth, and the reason the world is the way it is.

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              He could be next husband of Ivanka Trump - I don't care

              If he provide good service for me - browser which fits my needs. I would even send him money every day

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              "I'll support fascism as long as it's convenient for me"

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                A device that surreptitiously gathers information on a target is called a bug, not a feature.

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                Well, not really, a bug is unintentional. Even calling it a design flaw is a stretch, it's a feature that isn't for your benefit.

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                • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                  That would be totally true if every software was distributed as a flatpak and every distro had flatpak enabled in the package manager out of the box. That's just not reality.

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                  I said “usually”, and I’m talking about mainstream distros.

                  Also the original comment says “the whole OS is not ready for the general public”, which is also vague. I don’t expect the “general public” to install Gentoo and suffer from this issue.

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                    Sadly, quite a few things. Here's a few:

                    • Application support; some popular software is built with Windows in mind.
                    • One-click installers; Software usually comes with user-friendly installation wizards. No command lines or dependency juggling. Also better compatibility woth past versions
                    • Driver availability; Linux is getting better, but Windows is superior
                    • Better peripheral support like for printers, webcams, game controllers.
                    • Gaming performance; although Linux is gaining ground, Windows is just better in this regard
                    • Media codecs and formats; again, Linux is getting better, but this isn't always an out-of-the-box experience
                    • Business integration; Windows plays nicely with enterprise tools like Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and legacy business apps.

                    Don't get me wrong. I use Linux as my daily driver. That also means I get frustrated on occasion when again I must consult man pages instead of just running a troubleshooter or fiddling with Nvidia drivers instead of just running the game.

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                    • Driver availability; Linux is getting better, but Windows is superior

                    Doesn't Linux have pretty much every driver built into the kernel with the only notable exception being the NVIDIA closed source drivers. Even those drivers are a single command away from installation, it even configures itself correctly out of the box for Wayland support.

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                      I use Linux regularly, and the last time i installed an app was probably within the past 365 days

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                      Ah. I see. That’s very informative.

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                        More like malware

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                        yup. how do people continue using Winblows 😕

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                          They haven't blocked the windows feature, they're using DRM to interfere with it. Microsoft could easily change how the DRM works any time they want, rendering all these hacks useless.

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                          then people can complained it on Brave Github or their official forum and it will be fixed by their team

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                            A device that surreptitiously gathers information on a target is called a bug, not a feature.

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                            It's not a bug, it's a feature we don't like 🤣

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                              What's easier in Windows compared to Linux? Except the fact that you have to install it, since it doesn't come preinstalled on as many PCs. But many people who think Windows is easy would probably still consider installing it difficult.

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                              it's easier because they've been using it all their life. If they'd been using linux all their life, they'd say that windows was too hard to use, nod oubt.

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                                yeah, no, i'm not using your shitty browser.

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                                • moe90@feddit.nlM [email protected]

                                  then people can complained it on Brave Github or their official forum and it will be fixed by their team

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                                  My point was that brave's solution, like Signal's, is dependent on microsoft playing fair. If microsoft decides they don't want brave, signal, or anyone else using DRM to interfere with their screen scraping chatbot, there is not going to be an easy way to fix it.

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                                    Kirby vacuuming blended spinach 🤮

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                                    Wait, what?

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                                      There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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                                      Thats 96% of lemmy users

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                                      • moe90@feddit.nlM [email protected]
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                                        Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC

                                        As does Linux.

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                                        • chaoticentropy@feddit.ukC [email protected]

                                          Well, not really, a bug is unintentional. Even calling it a design flaw is a stretch, it's a feature that isn't for your benefit.

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                                          "Bug" also means "listening device."

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