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<blockquote data-quote="zidong" data-source="post: 1109594" data-attributes="member: 115014">Vivaldi. Based in Western European country (Norway), developed by former CEO of Opera Software, web panel, gestures, tons of customization options.[USER=52447]@Captain Awesome[/USER], check this <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/191yu33/why_is_brave_highly_disliked_in_the_privacy/" target="_blank">thread </a>about Brave. I was thinking to try Brave (I heard that their adblocker is great) first but this post made me hesitant:Way back in 2016, <a href="https://archive.is/W0k4j" target="_blank">they promised to remove banner ads from websites and replace them with their own</a>, basically trying to extract money directly from websites without the consent of their ownersIn the same year, <a href="https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5475" target="_blank">CEO Brendan Eich unilaterally added a fringe, pay-to-win Wikipedia clone into the default search engine list</a>.In 2018, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/a8d34y/youtuber_tom_scott_claims_that_brave_is_falsely/" target="_blank">Tom Scott and other creators noticed</a> Brave was soliciting donations in their names without their knowledge or consent.In 2020, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology" target="_blank">Brave got caught injecting URLs with affiliate codes</a>.In 2023, <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/brave-browser-installs-vpn-windows/" target="_blank">Brave got caught installing a paid VPN service</a> on users&#039; computers without their consent.I&#039;m not fan or loyal to any hardware or software brand. I just use what is best for me. For now is Vivaldi. Tomorrow or after month, I don&#039;t know</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zidong, post: 1109594, member: 115014"] Vivaldi. Based in Western European country (Norway), developed by former CEO of Opera Software, web panel, gestures, tons of customization options. [USER=52447]@Captain Awesome[/USER], check this [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/191yu33/why_is_brave_highly_disliked_in_the_privacy/']thread [/URL]about Brave. I was thinking to try Brave (I heard that their adblocker is great) first but this post made me hesitant: Way back in 2016, [URL='https://archive.is/W0k4j']they promised to remove banner ads from websites and replace them with their own[/URL], basically trying to extract money directly from websites without the consent of their owners In the same year, [URL='https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5475']CEO Brendan Eich unilaterally added a fringe, pay-to-win Wikipedia clone into the default search engine list[/URL]. In 2018, [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/a8d34y/youtuber_tom_scott_claims_that_brave_is_falsely/']Tom Scott and other creators noticed[/URL] Brave was soliciting donations in their names without their knowledge or consent. In 2020, [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology']Brave got caught injecting URLs with affiliate codes[/URL]. In 2023, [URL='https://www.xda-developers.com/brave-browser-installs-vpn-windows/']Brave got caught installing a paid VPN service[/URL] on users' computers without their consent. I'm not fan or loyal to any hardware or software brand. I just use what is best for me. For now is Vivaldi. Tomorrow or after month, I don't know [/QUOTE]

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