Re: web browser recommendation
On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM Christopher David Howie
<me@chrishowie.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/6/25 4:25 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > I ended up installing Brave. Sure, it's Chromium-based, and it will
> > eventually drop support for Manifest v2 extensions, including uBlock
> > Origin (even though it's supported right now). But it has its own
> > built-in ad blocking*by default*, so you don't actually*need* uBlock
> > Origin to have a satisfactory environment.
>
> Many of my friends keep recommending Brave, but I cannot get past the
> fact that their business model is to strip ads from sites and insert
> their own ads instead (if the user opts-in to them). It is one thing to
> provide a free, open source, community-maintained ad blocker, it is
> another thing altogether to make it your business model to replace
> someone else's ads with your own. I cannot fathom how this could be
> considered ethical at all.
Honey browser extension for the win!
> The browser might provide a good user experience but their business
> model is *slimy as hell* and I cannot in good conscience support them in
> any way.
Jeff
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