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  • TIMMAY@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I dont know much about this topic, I just seem to recall a post on the front page of my lemmy app a while ago saying to NEVER use brave as it was a scam. Is there truth to this?

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it was a scam as such. I think people didn’t really understand their model. I haven’t stayed informed on it though so maybe there is more to know.

    • nyan@lemmy.cafe
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      11 months ago

      Depends on why they were saying it was a scam. It’s functional as a browser, so not a scam on the most basic level. It hasn’t always been as privacy-supporting as it claims (somewhere between Chrome and Firefox if all are carefully configured, it seems). Brave also has a dubious crypto rewards scheme baked in.