[em0ney]

I know that nobody is asking for alternatives, nor my opinion, but Brave browser is great. Cool project

[abhiminator]

Another great option is DuckDuckGo's 'Privacy Browser' (for Android AFAIK) that has tracking protection and ad-blocker baked right into browser's architecture. Thing I like about it the most is the minimalistic interface and no BS UX. Highly recommend.

[lern_too_spel]

Brave is worse than Firefox in every way. I don't want to use a browser that steals from publishers for the browser maker's benefit. If I'm going to steal from publishers, nobody should benefit.

[app4soft]

> but Brave browser is great

For what platforms?

[thrower123]

It's a must-have on Android. Makes the web actually usable on shaky mobile data connections.

I tried it on Windows, but I have decent adblockers there, and need JS enabled for too many things to bother fiddling with whitelisting sites.

[app4soft]

> It's a must-have on Android.

So, if Brave is free & open-source, is "must-have on Android", why it still not added in F-DRoid repo?

As for me, at this moment FOSS Browser with disabled JavaScript — is better option for Android users.[1]

Fully must-have on Android should be links2[2] throw Termux[3] — this is what I claim right way for get "usable on shaky mobile data connections".

Browsers with enabled JavaScript is much less secure than those without JS enabled.[4]

> "Those browser's vulnerability to those attacks are entirely based on the fact that they execute JavaScript. Thus, if your browser doesn't execute JS, it's immune." © userbinator[5]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.baumann.browser

[2] http://links.twibright.com

[3] https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/pull/2317

[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16191843

[5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16192006

[em0ney]

I use on Android and MacOS

[cryptonode]

What about the issue that Brave is based on Chromium. And thus any privacy features are nullified because it essentially reports back to Google?

Is there any merrit to this argument?

[brandnewlow]

All the Google reporting is stripped out. The Brave engineering team (I'm on the business team) is very serious about making sure that's all gone. Brave is open source so everyone can check their work.

[Namari]

But can you be sure there is not something hidden?