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[–] Bloxlord@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago
  • Download a browser with a built-in VPN
  • Get browser and VPN services on your computer

Why is this news?

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just a reminder, any time you see a "tech" youtuber with brave installed, they're not going to be an excellent source of information

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What browser signifies an excellent source of information? Ice weasel? w3m?

[–] zzz@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have Orion (macOS only for the time being) and it’s sooo good.

The amazing part is that it even works as a daily driver if you’re a not-so-techie person/normal user… but then on top there are all these little extra features and optimizations that make it like Safari if Safari was actually good.

I would at this point a) not be able to go back to either Safari or Firefox (edit: nor Ungoogled Chromium) as well as b) immediately trust an Orion user on most of what they have to say about a “tech” related opinion :D

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand when and why Brave became such a household name. It seems so many people use it and swear by it, but its reputation is "suspicious" at best.

Just use Firefox. It's been around way, way longer and it doesn't use the Chromium engine. Google doesn't need more of a monopoly on the internet.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think if Firefox can find a way to have full parity with chrome extensions, that might be a big shift. I've talked to more than one person that has a specific extension they rely on that they can't duplicate with Firefox options. They have many of the big names, but also some holes

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

It's the other way around in my experience

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok. Chrome sucks. Brave sucks. What’s good. Firefox?

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] phx@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Firefox with good plugins is even better!

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Unless browser fingerprinting is your concern, in which case the most generic, unmodified browser is best (e.g. Tor).

But that is a huge topic for another thread.

[–] finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Overall you‘re right but in which world is tor generic and unmodified 😂

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

It's not possible to identify you if you use the tor browser without changing the window size or any other settings, because the fingerprint is literally the same amongst everyone that uses it this way. So you kind of blend in with the masses, it's neither generic nor unmodified, I give you that :D