FarLine99@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoDo you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square401fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down137
arrow-up1335arrow-down1imageDo you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?upload.wikimedia.orgFarLine99@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square401fedilink
minus-squareMars@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAt least half of those are patched Firefoxes, without telemetry and improved privacy. Brave, Vivaldi, Edge etc are way more different from chromium than any of those from Firefox. The thing is Firefox components are more tightly coupled. blink and v8 are easier to wrap in your own browser than gecko and SpiderMonkey. Mozilla has been refactoring for ages improving the modularity of Firefox, but it may be already to late.
At least half of those are patched Firefoxes, without telemetry and improved privacy.
Brave, Vivaldi, Edge etc are way more different from chromium than any of those from Firefox.
The thing is Firefox components are more tightly coupled. blink and v8 are easier to wrap in your own browser than gecko and SpiderMonkey.
Mozilla has been refactoring for ages improving the modularity of Firefox, but it may be already to late.