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I just want to say Brave has been an awesome browser. It’s fast, it blocks ads, it upgrades connections to SSL, it’s stable. Runs great on desktop and mobile.

I’ve never once cared or noticed the crypto stuff. It’s a simple toggle off.

We’ve deployed Brave across our entire enterprise worldwide, mobile and desktop.

There is a negative anti-Brave campaign that comes sweeping through every time Brave is posted on HN.

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> There is a negative anti-Brave campaign that comes sweeping through every time Brave is posted on HN.

There seems to be a positive one too. Brave’s shortcomings are not completely unfounded.

EDIT: Added “completely”

Fully agreed that there's much to criticize about Brave, but the parent comment is talking about isn't just criticism _per se_, it's a higher proportion of poorly-reasoned and surprisingly negative comments than one would expect. I've noticed it too, and it reminds me of nothing more than Android-Apple threads in the early 2010s.

I doubt this is a complete explanation, but a lot of the nonsensical comments I've seen come from Firefox fans who can't deal with a browser neutralizing one of the most compelling arguments against Chrome (privacy), so they have to pretend that Brave's odd business model (which is totally worthy of criticism!) has flaws that it doesn't, particularly as experienced by the user.

Yes it’s all very internet-y Us v. Them and it goes both ways.

I haven't come across the Brave fanboy side much on HN, but totally believe that they're out there. I'm personally a Brave user but not a passionate one; if I was forced to switch to Chrome with ABP et al, I doubt I'd much care.

> Brave’s shortcomings

What would those be?

>We’ve deployed Brave across our entire enterprise worldwide

Does this issue cause any administrative pain (inability to whitelist entire domains)?

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5290

Yes, I'm using it for a month now.

It blocked most ads and I even made around 2€ in BAT with it. For that I got small text ads as a popup in the bottom right corner.

I switched from Firefox, which I used for a year, because using heavy web apps are my bread and butter.

I'm testing it, and so far I'm happy with it. I think I'm going to expand it's use, as Firefox continues to disappoint.

You're right about how it seems to... generate a certain kind of negative reaction when mentioned. The comments about Brave not respecting privacy because it inserted affiliate links is nonsensical but repeated over and over, which makes it seem that someone is on a crusade against them.

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