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Official Brave F-Droid repository now available (brave.com)

submitted 4 days ago by chrand@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Brave's a bunch of marketing/advertising driven crypto"currency" i.e., pyramid scheme peddlers desperate for greater fools.
↳ “Kill yourself.” —Bill Hicks.

On a computer either use uBlock Origin-included LibreWolf for stability and privacy, Zen browser for power users, and on Android one can use Fennec; all of them Firefox derivatives.

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✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How about IronFox for Android?

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

You be the judge and reviewer ;)
I recognize it by name but I haven't tested it or anything.

PS My list wasn't meant to be exhaustive, sorry for the wrong impression. I'm sure there are great other Android browsers.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

But I don’t want to be Judge Judy and executioner.

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, I use IronFox. It's essentially a fork of the now-discontinued, Firefox-based Mull browser. It's a privacy and security oriented browser. It's not on F-Droid, afaik, but it's on the Accrescent store

[–] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

It is available on F-Droid, if you add its repository. QR code here: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Any Brave alternative that works on iOS?

I've installed brave on some familly iOS device because that's the best I could find at the time. But hope to find a good replacement.

[+] edel@lemmy.ml -8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I am in this path too, but not for everyone. The Firefox (and variants) in Android is ok for normal browsing but would not log into highly sensitive sites nor is recommendable for many users that are not careful with settings and updates. Brave (and others privacy friendly ones), with its flaws, it is better in that arena, so recommended for them.

Also, we may not like it, but if we criticize company attempts to become financial viable, we are doing at disservice to our FOSS community. We should just point what you don't like from Brave and let our audiences decide for themselves.

[–] zoe@literature.cafe 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

use Fennec for normal browning and Tor Browser for anything of such sensitivity

[–] edel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I am now with IronFox, I forgot the reason I left Fennec. Does anyone know the advantage of one vs the other?

[–] ComradePedro@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

If you can't be financially viable without scamming people maybe fuck off??