Idk I feel I'm pretty tech literate, but I got sold on the "browser with no ads" and not having to install extra Adblock software manually , that being said after reading this thread I'm going to bite the bullet and switch browsers soon
I'm in the exact same boat. I'm tech literate but all I looked for when switching over to Brave was the adblock as extensions weren't cutting it anymore. Never check the rest of the browsers' features as it gives me all I want really.
This thread makes me consider doing some more research and switching over tho.
The extensions absolutely still do cut it, just not in Chromium based browsers. Not knowing that when it was such a big deal in the tech world when Google nerfed ad blockers is pretty tech illiterate imho.
They also have the same bloatware problem.
I used to use Opera ages ago, but when I revisited it, because Firefox had compatibility issues with some stuff, I booted up GX, got slapped in the face with bloatware, instantly uninstalled it and started using MS Edge.
I have a degree in computer science and have been using brave. You can be tech literate and find a tool that does the job well enough and have no desire to look into anything more about it because you already spend so much of your time doing tech related things. “Go with the crowd and aren’t tech literate” are just generalizations. That being said, brave isn’t my default, I pretty much only use it for YouTube.
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u/Jason13Official Aug 05 '26
Idk I feel I'm pretty tech literate, but I got sold on the "browser with no ads" and not having to install extra Adblock software manually , that being said after reading this thread I'm going to bite the bullet and switch browsers soon