Irony of Brave Browser

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No idea why people use and recommend Brave when Firefox exists. It's full of crypto and other unnecessary add-ons out of the box.
- Since it is based on Chromium, but promises to keep the new Google tracking out in the future and maintain compatibility with extensions, I can see why it would be recommended. But only as a backup to access a site that won't load in Firefox.
  we're back to the days when Firefox first came out, except instead of some websites only working with IE, they'll only work in Chrome/Edge.
- It's faster on older devices
- Firefox still doesn't have vertical tabs which I've found really useful for my workflow right now, so I use a fork called Pulse. Don't want to use any extensions for it when Pulse and other forks do it natively.
  
  There's a million add-ons that add this, isn't there? I have one installed at home that basically makes it into what arc has
  
  Probably, but between the disabling of userChrome.css (even if you can enable it via about:config) and a possible conflict between other addons I use, I'm comfy with my Pulse setup.
  
  sorry, why not tree style tabs?
  you can hide the normal tab bar and only have the tree style ones on the side
  
  I explain it in another comment, tl;dr: have to edit userChrome.css to give it a more streamlined look (and Mozilla calls that feature "legacy" in about:config since v69 which kinda worries me about that feature's removal) and I'm not sure if some extensions might conflict (Would it have issues with Simple Tab Groups). Pulse does it natively and really well, so I'm happy with it.
  
  I know it's most likely not relevant with you anymore, since you're using Pulse, but have you tried any of the vertical/tree tab extensions?
  
  I used Tree Style Tab but I didn't like having to change the userChrome.css to make it streamlined (i.e. hiding the tab bar), while Pulse does it natively and really well. I do have an extension for tab groups that imitates Vivaldi's tab workspaces though, not sure if those will conflict. (If you're curious, it's called Simple Tab Groups.)
  Edit: There's also the issue of Mozilla calling the editable userChrome.css a legacy feature, which kinda worries me about its possible removal. Pulse having vertical tabs as a native feature skips that.
- Brave has marketed itself more aggressively than Firefox did.
  Additionally, Firefox' most devoted userbase can be quite bitter at times.
- Because Firefox on IOS has no browser extensions
  Edit: Why are you booing me
  
  that is because all browsers on iOS are basically safari cuz Apple doesn't allow fun
  
  Orion apparently allows extensions like uBlock Origin. Not sure if anyone has put it to the test but superficially, its there. Hard to tell where Orion ends and uBlock Origin begins since it seems adept at dealing with fingerprinting and other niceties by itself
  
  You can't download and run code on iOS, which is pretty much the definition of an extension. You could ship some extensions "with" your browser, but at that point they're just a feature. iOS has adblocking addons at the system level though, doesn't it?
  
  Ya, the extension aspects of iOS are a headache in terms of understanding everything. I look forward to liberalisation of 3rd party browsers allowed and any consequent innovation on mobile browsing.
- Says it comes with unnecessary add-ons Comes with 0 unnecessary add-ons
  Bravephobes are now just making shit up Lol
  
  Brave Rewards
  Brave Talk
  Brave Search
  Brave News
  Brave Wallet
  Yeah, such a light and lean browser...
  
  All of that Firefox has its equivalents as well as some of that being untrue as they're search engines not websites etc
  
  Brave has adware and bloat preinstalled, firefox doesn't even have something similar to this.
  
  Why do Bravephobes love making shit up and projecting?
  
  Why are you gaslighting so hard. Just lookup what adware is. It has literally preinstalled crypto marketing widget that you need to disable or smth and also provide a opt-in ads for crypto solution that has opt-out "Gift the tokens to the page that has no wallet"
  
  When one makes a claim like that when nothing indicated such things, its accepted in the community of behavioral analysis that it was a projection. Bravephobes love making shit up Lol
  
  "Bravephobes"
  
  he be sounding like a paranoid government leader fr lmao. i always love seeing brave simps seethe
  
  Absolutely, the mere thought of a good browser makes you cry
  
  Braveophobes lmao you sound like a paranoid government leader

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