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by vladikoff 3797 days ago
From a quick glance:

1) Desktop browser is an electron app with ad tracking injected into your app via http://cdn.brave.com/ (via https://sonobi.com/welcome/index.php which promises "EFFECTIVELY PLAN AND SOURCE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES WITH QUALITY AND VIEWABILITY FROM PREMIUM PUBLISHERS"

2) iOS browser is a fork of Firefox iOS - https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios

3) Android browser is a fork of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linkbubble...

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Is Linkbubble free software, or they just made some agreement with author to use/rebrand it?

(I always assumed it's proprietary, but seeing that others are FLOSS forks, would love to be wrong about this one.)

It was purchased by an unnamed startup recently. I guess maybe it was Brave? http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/08/04/link-bubble-is-under...
It must have been: Brave co-founder Brian Bondy blogged about that purchase several months ago. http://www.brianbondy.com/blog/171/the-link-bubble-android-w...