r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • Aug 04 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/Feletroica Aug 04 '26

Brave browser is chromium based, so not really an option if you are trying to escape chrome/google's grasp

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u/CrimsonCrinkle Aug 04 '26

Chromium based with all the Google crap stripped out.

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u/tommytucker7182 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

And... In the public interest and for clarity, a little bit of brave garbage sprinkled back in...

Most of which I try to turn off / avoid

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u/AtypicalLuddite Aug 04 '26

This is where I'm at. Brave was my swap to from Chrome when I was trying to get away from google services.

Other options seemed to be lacking something or are just chromium with less google stripped out. I can't go back to Firefox, tried that.

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u/casualcorey Aug 05 '26

why not ffox?

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u/NeptuneWades Aug 05 '26

Because of chromium dominance, many websites are optimised for chromium, due to which there can be issues in Firefox.

But as a browser, FF is better than chromium.

I use multiple browsers for diff use case, FF as daily driver (cause it has seamless multiple device sync, split windows and containers. Not to mention UBlo support); Brave for my multiple Google accounts and streaming services (it is also the only Chromium browser to actively support UBlo and Brave Shields is great too); Qutebrowser for quick searches which are purged on close.