It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
What if I just want to go on movies pirate streaming sites so bad I need ublock origin and the brave “shield” on 24/7? Is this Firefox, Vivaldi or xelemental-compatible ? I’m on brave but you make me regret it
uBlock Origin works better on Firefox-based browsers. You get the full uBO experience, not uBO Lite.
Get LibreWolf if you’re as paranoid as I am - but the onboarding sucks, you need to remember by default it clears all your data every time you close it (can change in settings).
As I understand it (not a Brave user, I may have misundersood) the Brave “shield” is partially tracking protection and partially snake oil. Firefox has enhanced tracking protection. You can even turn it up to “strict”, if you’re willing to sacrifice website functionality for increased privacy.
Anyway, browser’s not a forever decision, try one, try several, see what you like
uBlock Origin works fine with Firefox but it’s not better. Brave Shield is basically UBO rewritten in Rust and integrated directly in the browser code so it isn’t limited by the extension API and works more efficiently.
Brave shields shit themselves whenever I do a coldboot and have previous tabs open (as in it opens and autoplays youtube ads)
And this is not a chromium issue because Vivaldi doesn’t shit itself in that way
Meanwhile on Firefox UBO works just fine
FWIW, Brave still supports manifest v2 and the full version of uBlock Origin. Chrome has uBO Lite since they only have manifest v3 now. Firefox and LibreWolf don’t have to deal with this, and still support the real uBlock Origin. I’m not sure what exactly Brave “shield” is doing, but I think if you use EFF’s privacy badger on Firefox and block third party cookies, you are getting the same thing.
why not torrent or stremio?
Any free vpn is good enough to shield from dmca consequences on your own network, and takes the place of the brave shield in your stack. This doesn’t apply if you’re collecting huge amounts, or doing something besides just consuming media, something that activates the deeper tentacles of the fed. But the days of individuals being prosecuted under dmca for personal piracy are pretty much long past.
Edit: try to make sure said vpn isn’t also running a cryptominer, and you can safely assume they’re selling your info. So be aware of what you give them.
I don’t know how it is in your region, but where I live (the US), streaming pirated content is perfectly legal. As long as you aren’t distributing it, you’re not actually violating any laws. The only thing a free VPN is good for is masking your location so that you can get around porn bans and region locks
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What a weird comment to downvote. Literally just factual information. Thankfully I saw this before the deletion, so I can still call you out for having the reading comprehension of… well, an average Lemmy user tbh
So obviously I didn’t encourage people to leech. I was literally only talking about the legal aspect of streaming pirated content. I don’t actually know if avoiding seeding keeps you legally safe when torrenting, so I avoided commenting on that
Ooh, yeah, lookit you, you got me. Why do you think I deleted it?
Probably because you realized that you were reading stuff that I didn’t write. I probably wouldn’t have responded, but drive-by downvotes remind me of reddit, and I can’t stand redditors
Yes? That’s how a browser works?