Brave browser hijacking links and affiliate codes!

[DooMAD]

and if i can also earn coins with using the browser why not ? but i was little confused when i saw and read here the post about negativity of brave...
my question is , is it dangerous to use brave

It depends on your outlook.  You don't just earn for yourself, you earn money for the company, Brave Software.  The CEO of Brave has expressed certain views that some may find bigoted, intolerant and prejudicial.  By using Brave, you might end up inadvertently funding someone who would openly discriminate against you or people you care about.  If you believe in supporting the rights and freedoms of others, consider finding an alternative to Brave.

[UserU]

But for me the best browser is Google Chrome, for some reason it feels comfortable to use on PC and mobile.

Both are essentially running on the Chromium engine. But one thing that made me switch from Chrome to Brave was the ads as well as the earning potential.

While you could still install the adblock on Chrome, Brave has it enabled by default.

[aoluain]

I started using Brave a few months ago, only as a browser though after my firefox on android
started giving trouble, slow site loads and unresponsive text windows. With Brave I've had
no problems but reading the posts here I think i'll change and try Bold.

Thanks for the thread

Ok just reading it is a but early days ATM for Bold browser.

[kaltun]

and if i can also earn coins with using the browser why not ? but i was little confused when i saw and read here the post about negativity of brave...
my question is , is it dangerous to use brave

It depends on your outlook.  You don't just earn for yourself, you earn money for the company, Brave Software.  The CEO of Brave has expressed certain views that some may find bigoted, intolerant and prejudicial.  By using Brave, you might end up inadvertently funding someone who would openly discriminate against you or people you care about.  If you believe in supporting the rights and freedoms of others, consider finding an alternative to Brave.

whaaat ??

never thought about this also didnt know about the ceo of this was a bad guy, you mean Brendan Eich right ?  and how about chrome , its from  Google thats evil also ? or edge its from micrsoft or safari  ect ect

is duckduckgo also evil ??

[o_e_l_e_o]

never thought about this also didnt know about the ceo of this was a bad guy, you mean Brendan Eich right ?

Yes. He donates to anti-LGBT organizations and causes, he donates to politicians who oppress minorities and deny climate change, and he expresses anti-scientific views, most recently regarding the COVID pandemic. He was fired from Mozilla because of his bigoted views.

and how about chrome , its from  Google thats evil also ?

Chrome is terrible for so many reasons. It is pretty much spyware at this point. It phones home to Google constantly and tracks literally everything you do online, even as far as pre-fetching results (and logging those results) for things you type in to the address bar, even if you don't actually press enter. Google use all that information to build a complete profile on you (linked of course to any sites you log in to via Chrome such as Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and sells all that to advertisers and third parties. I wouldn't use Chrome if you paid me.

is duckduckgo also evil ??

DuckDuckGo is good as both a search engine and as a browser app.

Tor is obviously the best browser in terms of security and privacy, but many people don't like using it due to slow speed and some pages not displaying correctly. The next best option is Firefox, preferably with a small number of privacy improving extensions and tweaks: https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#browser

[kaltun]

never thought about this also didnt know about the ceo of this was a bad guy, you mean Brendan Eich right ?

Yes. He donates to anti-LGBT organizations and causes, he donates to politicians who oppress minorities and deny climate change, and he expresses anti-scientific views, most recently regarding the COVID pandemic. He was fired from Mozilla because of his bigoted views.

and how about chrome , its from  Google thats evil also ?

Chrome is terrible for so many reasons. It is pretty much spyware at this point. It phones home to Google constantly and tracks literally everything you do online, even as far as pre-fetching results (and logging those results) for things you type in to the address bar, even if you don't actually press enter. Google use all that information to build a complete profile on you (linked of course to any sites you log in to via Chrome such as Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and sells all that to advertisers and third parties. I wouldn't use Chrome if you paid me.

is duckduckgo also evil ??

DuckDuckGo is good as both a search engine and as a browser app.

Tor is obviously the best browser in terms of security and privacy, but many people don't like using it due to slow speed and some pages not displaying correctly. The next best option is Firefox, preferably with a small number of privacy improving extensions and tweaks: https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#browser

the reason i use chrome / brave /mozilla  because of metamask , reading all those thing what you say, it really made me think for using it.
so if i sum up which are the best for using it :
- Tor --> https://www.torproject.org/
- duckduckgo --> https://duckduckgo.com/
- mozilla -->https://www.mozilla.org/