It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
  • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
    27·
    5 hours ago

    It blocks ads on YouTube by default and streaming services worked on it when they wouldn’t on Firefox(probably due to my addons). That’s all I’ve ever used it for and it’s good at that.

    Firefox is my main.

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
        22·
        2 hours ago

        I’m aware but keeping updated to keep it working is a pain in the ass. The main issue being having to close all my tabs to restart the browser and keeping track of all the various shit I have open. Not worth the effort just for YouTube.

        With using a second browser I can just update it and restart in 1 minute if there’s an issue. Side bonus of it clearing my cookies and it unfucks my algorithm for a while. Not saying I HAVE to use brave for this. Just it’s the one I landed on because there was nothing extra to manage.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      4 hours ago

      I think librewolf is the same deal with ad blocking it of the box on YouTube.

      Firefox is my main right now on my phone and computers. No ads, everything works.