Just as a counterpoint, I switched to Brave because Firefox no longer holds the technical or moral high ground. Brave is an open-source browser which makes it different from Chrome and Vivaldi. Brave is a privacy-focused browser. Brave is the only browser that is open source and also lets me pay for it so I can have a clean, uncluttered, fast experience. Brave is the only chromium-based browser that I'm aware of that continues to support Manifest V2 for UBlock Origin, which is critical for my use case.
Mozilla has been distracted by a million shiny things around them. They've been mismanaged almost criminally and they have changed their terms of service to be much less privacy-oriented than they used to be.
In my humble opinion, Brave gets far too much hate on this site and is actually the best browser made today in terms of open source availability, a focus on privacy and empowerment of the end user, while maximizing site compatibility.
> I switched to Brave because Firefox no longer holds the technical or moral high ground.
Every time I see mention of "Brave" I'm reminded that Brendan left Mozilla because of his contributions to anti-gay rights causes, and then immediately founded a company called "Brave". In essence, to me, it felt like he was thumbing his nose and saying it was brave to be a homophobe.
So yeah, nah, comparing the moral high ground between Mozilla and quote Brave un-quote is not a compelling argument to me.
On a completely unrelated topic, I just remembered that as I get well into my 50s, I'm only beginning to see the pawns on the chessboard more clearly.
I've argued this at some length elsewhere, so I don't feel compelled to do so here. You can drag up his $1,000 donation 20 years ago and the backlash it inspired at Mozilla that made him no longer effectively able to lead, but I don't see that as an indictment of his current efforts at all.
montroser · · focus · HN ↗
Switching to Brave from Firefox due to AI and ethical concerns seems like a lateral move at best if being generous.
rpdillon · · focus · HN ↗
Mozilla has been distracted by a million shiny things around them. They've been mismanaged almost criminally and they have changed their terms of service to be much less privacy-oriented than they used to be.
In my humble opinion, Brave gets far too much hate on this site and is actually the best browser made today in terms of open source availability, a focus on privacy and empowerment of the end user, while maximizing site compatibility.
anotherevan · · focus · HN ↗
Every time I see mention of "Brave" I'm reminded that Brendan left Mozilla because of his contributions to anti-gay rights causes, and then immediately founded a company called "Brave". In essence, to me, it felt like he was thumbing his nose and saying it was brave to be a homophobe.
So yeah, nah, comparing the moral high ground between Mozilla and quote Brave un-quote is not a compelling argument to me.
joquarky · · focus · HN ↗
Suffering is so often self-induced.
rpdillon · · focus · HN ↗