So as the title mentions, I’m wondering how much is too much?
I am currently using Brave with the setting to:
Aggressively block trackers & ads
Only connect with HTTPS
Block fingerprinting
Block cross-site cookies
In addition to that, I have installed the following extensions:
uBlock Origin
Ghostery
Decentraleyes
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
So my question is: Is this overkill? If so, what should/could be removed that may be redundant? I want as much coverage as possible, but not have things bloated.
In 2008 he donated $1000 in support of California Proposition 8. I don’t know of anything else, at least publicly. Californians also voted and passed the amendment 52%/47%, it was thrown out by the courts.
More recently in 2020 he did say some of the typical conservative stuff about COVID lockdowns, mask mandates, calling Fouci a liar, etc.
Yes, because if the browser has no market share, there is no point in it continuing to exist and the company folds.
I don’t care if it’s free or costs money, the man gets paid if the product is successful. I don’t want to support him, therefore I don’t use the product. If enough people agree with me and do the same, the product dies & the man fails. Or at the very least the rest of the company kicks him out and the man still fails.
Okay, one last time, but I’ve said all this before in fewer words:
Brave is owned by a for-profit company that makes money from its users. One of the ways it does this is the ad credits system on the new tab page (there’s probably other ways, I’ve not looked into it too hard)
If it doesn’t have enough users (market share) to sustain the company or if they can’t sell the ad space, the company doesn’t make enough money to sustain itself and has to do something or fold. If the company folds development stops, the product stagnates and basically dies.
The company might decide to kick out the CEO if enough people are boycotting for the same reasons, that would resolve the issue too.
But yeah I don’t even care about the software, I just don’t want to support the company and therefore the CEO, so I won’t use its product. Otherwise known as a boycott
When you support software you support the company making it, allowing them to grow and profit. If someone does not want to financially support the actions of someone they disagree with, then that is fine.
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Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure he donated to (or still donates to?) homophobic action groups.
That’s more than enough reason to boycott something that person is in charge of, imo
In 2008 he donated $1000 in support of California Proposition 8. I don’t know of anything else, at least publicly. Californians also voted and passed the amendment 52%/47%, it was thrown out by the courts.
More recently in 2020 he did say some of the typical conservative stuff about COVID lockdowns, mask mandates, calling Fouci a liar, etc.
How does that affect the software.
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Wow he called me dork.
I’m offended
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I do not want success for that man, therefore I’m not going to give his project market share
Market share… Of something that can be had free? You are making less and less sense.
Yes, because if the browser has no market share, there is no point in it continuing to exist and the company folds.
I don’t care if it’s free or costs money, the man gets paid if the product is successful. I don’t want to support him, therefore I don’t use the product. If enough people agree with me and do the same, the product dies & the man fails. Or at the very least the rest of the company kicks him out and the man still fails.
Like this isn’t rocket science
This makes no sense.
How do you expect to convince a large group to stop using a product? Just by saying “he’s bad”?
Be honest with yourselves and admit it gives you a warm fuzzy feeling of “sticking up to the man” by doing… Nothing.
You see you are deluding yourselves in believing you are making a change, but it’s all in your head.
Have you never heard of a boycott?
I’ve said why I think he’s bad, therefore I boycott him and his product. There are other people out there doing exactly the same.
I’m not really sure how you’re struggling with this
How are you thinking of stopping a free product.
You know they still profit from the product right? How the fuck else would they continue to exist?
Okay, one last time, but I’ve said all this before in fewer words:
Brave is owned by a for-profit company that makes money from its users. One of the ways it does this is the ad credits system on the new tab page (there’s probably other ways, I’ve not looked into it too hard)
If it doesn’t have enough users (market share) to sustain the company or if they can’t sell the ad space, the company doesn’t make enough money to sustain itself and has to do something or fold. If the company folds development stops, the product stagnates and basically dies.
The company might decide to kick out the CEO if enough people are boycotting for the same reasons, that would resolve the issue too.
But yeah I don’t even care about the software, I just don’t want to support the company and therefore the CEO, so I won’t use its product. Otherwise known as a boycott
There’s not really much else to say about it
When you support software you support the company making it, allowing them to grow and profit. If someone does not want to financially support the actions of someone they disagree with, then that is fine.