I have seen many people in this community either talking about switching to Brave, or people who are actively using Brave. I would like to remind people that Brave browser (and by extension their search engine) is not privacy-centric whatsoever.

Brave was already ousted as spyware in the past and the company has made many decisions that are questionable at best. For example, Brave made a cryptocurrency which they then added to a rewards program that is built into the browser to encourage you to enable ads that are controlled by Brave.

Edit: Please be aware that the spyware article on Brave (and the rest of the browsers on the site) is outdated and may not reflect the browser as it is today.

After creating this cryptocurrency and rewards program, they started inserting affiliate codes into URL’s. Prior to this they had faked fundraising for popular social media creators.

Do these decisions seem like ones a company that cares about their users (and by extension their privacy) would make? I’d say the answer is a very clear no.

One last thing, Brave illegally promoted an eToro affiliate program making a fortune from its users who will likely lose their money.

Edit: To the people commenting saying how Brave has a good out-of-the-box experience compared to other browsers, yes, it does. However, this is not a warning for your average person, this is a warning for people who actively care about their privacy and don’t mind configuring their browser to maximize said privacy.

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    Firefox. With adblock & other privacy-focused extensions on Android.

    If you are this paranoid - Firefox Focus browser on Android.

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        Correct. I thought It’s a common sense (I am using it for years lol), but yeah, it’s uBlock Origin. Any other adblocker is kinda sold to ad companies and explicitly allows their ads.

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      To be clear i only changed to duckduckgo for their media player which lets me get around Youtube ads after they cracked down on adblocker, otherwise i would go full Firefox!

      Thank you!

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        uBlock Origin can reliably block YouTube ads. You don’t need any other extension (in fact it can trigger the detection).

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          Thank you! I had Adblocker and i thought it was alright 🤷 Ill give Ublock on Firefox a try.