Brave's aggressive marketing

Was reading an answer to the question about fresh Amazon tablet and saw this. They used up the question as a hook to promote their browser. Pretty sure I’m avoiding Brave from now on.

Q: Does the fire max 11 have YouTube app on it. A: I have installed Google Playstore , but I skip installing Youtube app . There is better option . Brave Browser in Playstore !! That thing has AWESOME popup Blocker and it’s own integrated Youtube Ads and other Nuisances blocker . My point ? You don’t need youtube on Fire max , You don’t need Google Maps , You don’t need Facebook App . Just Use Brave .

BuboScandiacus,
@BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

Look ! Firefox marketing ! Gotta boycott them !

BigBootyBoy,
@BigBootyBoy@sh.itjust.works avatar

All those wonderful people are all just passionate firefox users, and you could be one too! All have have to do is get firefox! Please get firefox, it’s great! You should totally get firefox!

benpo,

It’s important to note that Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization, whereas Brave Software Inc. is a company that sells products. Mozilla get money from recurrent donations, while Brave gets more money the more users use their software and services, like any other company. Which means that only Brave has interest in hiring shills. And a fucking meme posted on a niche social network is different than a fake review, ffs.

oDDmON,

Have to agree with others that this looks like an episode of FanboysGoneWild, but there are reasons to question, if not outright ceasing to use Brave and they center around their CEO, Brendan Eich. nytimes.com/…/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

BumpingFuglies,

Sure, I disagree with him regarding social issues, but how is questioning unscientific and inconsistent “health measures” and the proven liar who is their spokesperson right wing? To use the bird metaphor, is it flying upside down? Is that why things that are actually left wing (progressivism, skepticism, political accountability) called right wing and things that are actually right wing (authoritarianism, religious devotion to the state, feelings mattering more than reality) called left wing? Is it Opposite Day?

I_hate_you_welcome,

“Proven liar”

  • can’t prove it
BumpingFuglies,

I’m trying to avoid such negativity in my life, becoming a new, better me and all that, so I’ll just say this and exit the conversation:

One of the very first things Fauci did in the pandemic was lie about masks. Which part of that was the lie, though: the original statement or the follow-up “admitting to the noble lie”? Which one would have made him and his friends more money and better saved face?

I_hate_you_welcome,

Sure, he made a statement based on incomplete information, like scientists literally always do, as the information is never complete. Especially not when you can’t wait for results of multi-year testing because millions of people are dropping dead.

lambda,

I really don’t understand why people use and recommend brave. They’ve have had plenty of shady practices in the past and bundle crypto crap by default. If you want to block ads just install ublock origin on (preferably) any privacy respecting browser like firefox (or better yet librewolf), ungoogled-chromium etc

ominouslemon,

They just don’t know any better. And when you tell them about Brave’s history, they just don’t listen

Ashatmapants,
@Ashatmapants@lemmy.world avatar

This is the first time I heard about this. Was using it in the past on iOS, but I’m now using an extension in safari to block ads. What exactly is wrong with Brave?

WhoRoger,
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

They were using crypto miners in Brave (now it’s just opt-out optional I think), altering search result’s, and also something about their CEO being a weirdo I think. And also all this dirty advertising and tactics. They’re just shady all around.

Mubelotix,
@Mubelotix@jlai.lu avatar

There was never a miner in Brave. Their legitimate crypto related features have always been optional. They did add referal links in some urls though

I_hate_you_welcome,

There you go, and that’s why nobody should believe the commenter you replied to without him providing sources. Shame 10 people already agreed with him.

HughJanus,

They were using crypto miners in Brave

Huh? They have a crypto service that you can easily opt out of.

altering search result’s

…they have their own search engine they built from scratch. So yeah.

also something about their CEO being a weirdo I think

I love weirdos

And also all this dirty advertising and tactic

This is an incredibly generic complaint

Maybe people “don’t listen” because you’re full of crap.

Galluf,

It’s more that do far I haven’t seen anything wrong with the browser itself.

e569668,
@e569668@fedia.io avatar

Firefox runs really poorly for twitch and youtube videos for me in linux; mainly in CPU. Brave will use maybe 10-20% of my cpu for a single twitch stream whereas firefox uses about 80%. I use firefox for all my browsing, but for videos it just doesn't seem to work well... Perhaps a different chromium browser would be better as you say.

WhoRoger,
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

The situation on mobile is dire. Bromite and Ungoogled-Chromium are dead, and mobile Firefox is slow crap that Mozilla doesn’t give two fucks about. I’m grinding my teeth using IceRaven and Mulch, but I’m not surprised those with less patience would use an all-in-one solution.

aman25ta,

Mobile firefox on ios has been way better than almost everything else, atleast compared to like brave and chrome etc

Maybe its being neglected on android? Im on the latest version and ios 17 dev beta

JackbyDev,

The only thing I wish I had on Firefox is tab groups. That’s it. It’s totally fine otherwise.

(Don’t suggest me an extension. I’ve tried them. They suck. This isn’t a deal breaker for me. I use Firefox.)

kabe,
@kabe@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, there are plenty of reasons not to use Brave but this poorly-written, obviously-not-a-paid-review doesn’t really rank up there.

Thekingoflorda,

I really doubt that is marketing. I just think that’s an over-enthusiastic user.

frequency,
@frequency@lemmy.world avatar

Idk, sound like a paid comment to me.

Thekingoflorda,

It’s not even a comment, it’s an answer to an Q&A on amazon, I’m sure there are more efficient ways to advertise a browser.

red,

You’re paranoid, mate

eager_eagle,
@eager_eagle@lemmy.world avatar

Brave and Opera GX both have lots of fanboys

keenkoon,

agree, it’s just a dude saying that he likes the built-in ad blocker. I do this with youtube on my smartphone too.

mochi,

Same mentality as the crypto bros.

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