I don't. I read tech specs and security analyses. You just stick your head in the sand whenever someone says "Microsoft", though. It's silly.

I've been dosing too much tux, doc. My mind's all FOSSY.

If you only use software that is created by people you like... well... i guess your only choice will be an abacus...

I just think the idea of your alternative being partially coded by the company you're attempting to avoid is a little stupid. I don't give a shit who he is. I barely give a shit who runs Mozilla.

Brave and every other Chromium fork are at the mercy of Google to exist as an alternative to Google, which to me, defeats the point. Every bit of their effort would be better spent rolling their money over to donate to browser development rather than band-aids.

I don't care if I like them. I very much care if I'm making money for people who are actively trying to take away my rights

To me the karma system is about quality. Not an “I agree/disagree” button.

That's how it was meant to be. The original Rediquette from over 15 years ago has:

"Vote. If you think something contributes to conversation, upvote it. If you think it does not contribute to the subreddit it is posted in or is off-topic in a particular community, downvote it.
[Please don't] Downvote an otherwise acceptable post because you don't personally like it. Think before you downvote and take a moment to ensure you're downvoting someone because they are not contributing to the community dialogue or discussion. If you simply take a moment to stop, think and examine your reasons for downvoting, rather than doing so out of an emotional reaction, you will ensure that your downvotes are given for good reasons."

But 99% of people definitely use them as an Agree/Disagree button.

I don't trust them and they have given me sufficient reason over the course of decades not to.

Until a windows update kicks in and somehow turns it on for the world. thanks but no thanks. I'll be disabling this not with a reg key but with local policy or DSC if I have to use a windows machine for personal again.

I switched to Linux 2 months ago.

That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.

Brave was found to inject crypto referral links into your clicks url auto complete.

Brave private browser accused of deceiving users over affiliate links

Brendan Eich, CEO of Brave Software, has apologized for directing users toward affiliate links, but says he's just 'trying to build a viable business'.

Tom's Guide (www.tomsguide.com)

I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!

This still doesn't make brave a good privacy browser in the long run

Yep, and you also have to be in a specific state of mind to be okay with "features" like something that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC.

No, but all of them have different repos out of the box, which will lead to confusion when consumers can't find the one they need.

Then don't enable it.

I believe they are talking about Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use

An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds

not malicious in nature

Haha, sure thing William

sure there are choices. I don't use either. if you believe there are only 2 choices out there...man you have no idea.

You can’t block all of Windows spyware. The best case of action would be to install an alternative operating system like Linux or a BSD-derivative. It’s counter-intuitive to “fuck Microsoft” when you are still using their OS.

there are 100% fed backdoors for looking in your pc in Windows