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minus-squareKingPyrox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoCan someone inform me what’s wrong with the brave browser?
minus-squareglacier@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago Chromium based (which may be a pro or con depending on who you ask). Their CEO has made homophobic political donations and resigned from Mozilla due to backlash for it. They have been caught doing shady things like inserting affiliate links into the address bar suggestions. They use their browser to push their crypto currency, news and other garbage.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It’s quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.
minus-squareKingPyrox@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIs Firefox not also using chromium?
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.
minus-squareTeon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoFirefox does not use Chromium. However, people get confused because when you mod FF you change the userChrome file with CSS. FF has had that file name even before Google had a browser.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoFirefox uses their own engine, Gecko
Can someone inform me what’s wrong with the brave browser?
It’s chromium and the company sells telemetry data to advertisers. It’s quite literally doing the thing it draws users in with.
Is Firefox not also using chromium?
No, Firefox is entirely distinct from chromium.
I did not know this, thank you.
Firefox does not use Chromium. However, people get confused because when you mod FF you change the userChrome file with CSS.
FF has had that file name even before Google had a browser.
Firefox uses their own engine, Gecko