https://brave.com/
Anyone heard of this project? Thoughts, ideas, opinions?
https://brave.com/
Anyone heard of this project? Thoughts, ideas, opinions?
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I was looking for a Chrome/Chromium replacement because I object to Google running 'tests' in the background over which I have no control, and thus looked at Brave. Yeah, nah. Brave uses the same Blink engine as Chrome/Chromium and runs the same tests in the background. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Some have inquired about installing it, but as stated above it's another Chromium based browser with built in ad-blocking and tracking protection. I tend to be skeptical of browser speed claims regardless of who produces said browser. Give it a try for a week or two and come to your own conclusion.
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Perhaps I was a little unclear. I don't know what Chrome/Brave/Firefox/etc do with my data, but I assume that because I'm such a scatterbrain their AI systems are thrown into confusion... hence I never get advertising that makes sense. However, those browsers with the Blink engine continuously run beta tests in the background as google developes new browser code.
I've been involved in many beta tests over the years but in every instance those tests were performed with my understanding of the test goals and with my approval for the test to run on my computers. With these Blink tests there is no opt-in or opt-out and the tests can't be sand-boxed or denied. And, they do consume computer resources. I'm a little picky about CPU fan speeds and when I hear my fans kick into higher gear (for no apparent reason) it is always because of these background tests. Yep, I'm so anal that it becomes personal to narrow the field of culprits down.
I liked the Brave appearance and it's snappy response, but the core of this browser is the same as Chromium/Chrome and everything else based on Blink. Using it thus becomes a user choice.
Found this in an article.
The choice of using Google's Blink rendering engine over Mozilla's Gecko would help the browser "hide" and make it harder to be blocked by sites looking to engage in ad-blocking blocking games, Gal said.
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Just under 30 mins of facts by the guys from google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=392VTLQyKDc
To ask what goes on behind the scenes would be a very long-in-the-tooth essay.
Also I find this informative from time to time: https://chromestatus.com/features#blink
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I use the Brave browser on my Android tablet. Overall, it seems to do a better job than other browsers I have used. I also have it install on my Ubuntu systems but only for testing.
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