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SudoDnfDashY to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 3 years ago

Brave legally threatens Brave fork trying to remove adds.

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Brave legally threatens Brave fork trying to remove adds.

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SudoDnfDashY to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 3 years ago
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Brave Browser Fork Changes Name After Legal Threats | The Bitgrum
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A legal threat has forced Braver – the ad-free extension of the Brave Browser – to change the brand name, causing confusion among users. Initially, it was known as Braver. It was a browser derived from the popular Brave browser, which was available as open source. It was an adware free browser b ...
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  • @const_void@lemmy.ml
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    1•3 years ago

    Brave sucks in general. It’s has too much bullshit built in. Yes you can disable it but easier to just use a better browser.

  • Sandro Linux
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    1•3 years ago

    That was ages ago

  • CHEF-KOCH
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    0•3 years ago

    It was made by a free speech company that supported neo-nazis and white supremacists. They also wanted to replace the coin system.

    • https://micky.com.au/gab-parasites-fork-brave-browser-replace-bat-with-btc/
    • https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/the-removal-of-the-dissenter-extention/38140/70
    • https://old.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/ptaau2/what_happened_to_dissenter/
    • https://www.customerservant.com/no-one-disputes-the-fact-that-gabs-founder-has-the-right-to-fork-brave-we-just-dont-think-nazis-add-value-to-anything-including-code-bases/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)
    • https://old.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/bgmgi5/the_dissenter_browser_will_have/
    • https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/dissenter-web-browser

    In April 2019, Dissenter was removed from the Firefox Add-ons website and the Chrome Web Store for violation of their policies that causes the creation of the Dissenter web browser.

    Brave never threatened anyone.

    • SudoDnfDashYOP
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      1•3 years ago

      This isnt the Dissenter fork, it is a different fork called “Braver”.

    • EvanM
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      3 years ago

      brave is also run by a homopobic alt right ass so…

      https://rentry.co/notbrave

      please note: I do not support coil

      • Jay Baker (he/they)
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        1•3 years ago

        I’m so glad someone said this. It’s why I switched to LibreWolf, then more recently just straight-up tweaked Firefox. Mull on mobile.

      • @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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        Removed by mod

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