Brave Browser: Anyone using it?

[Alpo]

I saw a report on CNET about the Brave browser. Very similar to Chrome but with the ability to enhance security and reduce advertising. Plus, the browser speed is apparently better than Chrome.

I installed it yesterday and have remarkably better performance than Chrome. Page loads are blisteringly fast. Fewer ads. All my bookmarks work.

So, what is wrong with it? What am I missing?

 

[Ingomike]

I saw a report on CNET about the Brave browser. Very similar to Chrome but with the ability to enhance security and reduce advertising. Plus, the browser speed is apparently better than Chrome.

I installed it yesterday and have remarkably better performance than Chrome. Page loads are blisteringly fast. Fewer ads. All my bookmarks work.

So, what is wrong with it? What am I missing?

I use it regularly and have had no complaints...

 

[999cs]

Yes-been using it for a year or two now on the pc and cell. Works great!

 

[jake blue]

Yup, been using Brave for a while, ever since Google took "don't be evil" out of their corporate culture. It's fast like Chrome WAS back when it was the new kid on the block and unencumbered by all it's revenue-generating spyware tendrils. There's a few privacy-focused browsers out there but I think Brave offers the most reliable and familiar interface and performance. Now eventually I would expect them to sell out, maybe not all at once but perhaps in small steps, at which point we'll be back on the hunt for the NEXT privacy-focused browser fad. For now, Brave fills the need.

Only downside, embedded stuff like posts linking to tweets or YT may not load but you can tweak the security for trusted sites.

 

[KG1]

Sounds promising. I've been using the Microsoft Edge browser as the default with my new PC. So far haven't had any issues and it seems to be a better update than Chrome.

If I start having any issues I might just look into Brave.

 

[qwerty]

Brave Browser

After putting it off for weeks I switched from Chrome to Brave today. Easy to import bookmarks etc. Has it's own ad blocker so I dumped AdBlock. Running AdBlock and the Brave ad blocker was really slowing things down. So far it good to go.

www.indianagunowners.com

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Brave Browser

After putting it off for weeks I switched from Chrome to Brave today. Easy to import bookmarks etc. Has it's own ad blocker so I dumped AdBlock. Running AdBlock and the Brave ad blocker was really slowing things down. So far it good to go.

www.indianagunowners.com

I've been using it since reading that thread. There was a little bit of a learning curve going from Firefox to Brave, but nothing major. Just figuring equivalent ways of doing stuff. I've been very happy with it. And I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but now when I run C-Cleaner at the end of the day, instead of finding 500 Mb to 1+ Gb of crap to clean up, it's typically less than 100 Mb.

 

[999cs]

Its almost seamless transition if you are used to chrome

 

[Alpo]

Well, I really like it. I was having real problems with my T-Mobile 5G internet at home with Chrome. Freezing pages, slow loads, yada yada yada. I haven't had one issue with Brave and the speed is awesome.

 

[cburnworth]

Yep been using it for awhile, some websites are blocked by the shields and have to tweak it some. Also some of my logins don't get saved. Other than minor issues I use it all the time.

 

[nra4ever]

Been using brave a few years now. It’s all I use unless I need a chrome extension.

 

[edporch]

I started using Brave a few months ago as my Facebook ONLY browser.
It seems to do a good job.

 

[KLB]

Yep been using it for awhile, some websites are blocked by the shields and have to tweak it some. Also some of my logins don't get saved. Other than minor issues I use it all the time.

You really shouldn't save your passwords in your browser. Get a password vault to save them.