Tor is off the table for me because it’s so slow. If you can point to some test sites or documentation that supports your choice, please include!

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    Its is pretty easy to get rid of all the brave crap. You just need a policy file:

    # cat /etc/brave/policies/managed/brave_policies.json
    {
        "BraveRewardsDisabled": true,
        "BraveWalletDisabled": true,
        "BraveVPNDisabled": 1,
        "BraveAIChatEnabled": true,
        "NewTabPageLocation": "https://search.brave.com/",
        "TorDisabled": false,
        "PasswordManagerEnabled": false,
        "DnsOverHttpsMode": "automatic"
    }
    
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      Yeah but i don’t want to recommend a browser to someone just for them to have some cryptocurrency, AI chatbot, and Ad reward program shoved in their face.

      And then telling them that they Can get rid of it, they just have to go make some file they don’t understand in a location on their hard drive they’ve never been to.

      Because being real, if Brave’s bloat was bundled into an antivirus software, it would rightfully raise red flags for anyone with standard computer literacy.

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        7 hours ago

        well yeah I guess some decide to make revenue with this “shady” practices like brave does and others just take 400 millions from google.

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          I mean, I fault Mozilla for that, and a lot of other things especially in light of recent developments. But Brave still fosters user dependency on a google project, ceding browser engine market dominance toward google. I might be bale to give Brave a pass for its faults if it was making strong moves in creating a truly free and open internet, but as-is they’ve basically taken an open-source project, applied their own branding, and baked in functionality that on a better engine can be replicated with more granular control by extensions.