Unaware
I can’t believe I had no idea how I really felt about web browsers. I thought the magic had just dissolved since the internet is nothing new anymore. Sure, I’ve tried ad-blockers in the past... but they always slowed everything down too much for me. So, I would think, “This is just the way it is. Ads are how they keep this free.”
I’ve been using the Brave Browser for a week now, and I can’t believe how happy it makes me. Everything keeps moving unexpectedly fast, even while blocking ads. The aesthetic is gorgeous to look at. I’m actually excited to surf the web again! Thank you, Brave. I now follow all your Social Media - it makes me happy to see you take your users’ input to heart to keep improving your product. I am incredibly satisfied with this browser, and I’ve already switched on all my devices!
I’ve been using the Brave Browser for a week now, and I can’t believe how happy it makes me. Everything keeps moving unexpectedly fast, even while blocking ads. The aesthetic is gorgeous to look at. I’m actually excited to surf the web again! Thank you, Brave. I now follow all your Social Media - it makes me happy to see you take your users’ input to heart to keep improving your product. I am incredibly satisfied with this browser, and I’ve already switched on all my devices!
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brilliant browser
Brave is a lovely amalgam of what I like best about Safari and Firefox - ease of use and great functionality, solid reliability and genuine commitment to privacy issues. While I have also been a Google Chrome user for years, I can no longer tolerate the company's revenue model that monetizes my personal data. Brave is fast, reliable and resolutely respectful of my privacy. I do hope the company fixes the sync problem that prevents the desktop client from syncing with the Brave client on IOS devices. Nonetheless, I am in . . . a very satisfied Brave user across desktop, phone and tablet.
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Paired with VPN it’s on Point!
This browser is one I use on a regular basis. Far greater than the MetaData Pirates at Google. Oddly enough you can also selectively pick which search engine your search’s scrape from. D.D.Go, G, etc. being one of my top choices as they “claim” not to save your meta. Do your home work though. Be sure to take the time to check out the settings section and brush up on what these features you have are used for and how it can protect your systems from unwanted tracers, metadata pirating/selling. The one feature I always use is the private browser which conveniently enough allows you to also switch over into the TOR network. Paired with a solid VPN services(normally paid services) and you'll be happy. Be sure to do your homework on all apps and services before just jumping into them without a bit of insight on how the company operates, tech support, etc. check the reviews also.
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👌🏾Better than Safari!👌🏾
Since I am a growing mind, I need something to satisfy my hunger for knowledge. So, I use this search engine every day. It offers the best, top quality, FREE(I’m not kidding), search tools to help enhance your experience surfing the web. This includes ADVERTISEMENT BLOCKERS on all websites, and more complicated blockers. There is even a private browsing mode! Additionally, the Dev(s) added in a rewards system that makes using Brave Browser, well, rewarding! You can get points the more you use the app, and you can donate ACTUAL MONEY to Brave Rewards verified website/content creators!
I don’t think you’ll find Safari being this brave!😏
Note to Developers: There’s just one thing. If you guys could add in an option to delete your non-private browsing history ALL AT ONCE instead of one by one that would be awesome! I don’t know if this is how it how it works but like I had mentioned before, I do a LOT of surfing on the web, and so my history fills up fast. This makes the caches on my phone take up whole gigabytes of space(I think so), of which for me is extremely scarce. If there is a way to delete it all at once please let me know. This is such an amazing app to me and I hope others and myself can experience it to the fullest of its potential.
Thanks!🙏🏾
—A citizen of the Brave Kingdom
I don’t think you’ll find Safari being this brave!😏
Note to Developers: There’s just one thing. If you guys could add in an option to delete your non-private browsing history ALL AT ONCE instead of one by one that would be awesome! I don’t know if this is how it how it works but like I had mentioned before, I do a LOT of surfing on the web, and so my history fills up fast. This makes the caches on my phone take up whole gigabytes of space(I think so), of which for me is extremely scarce. If there is a way to delete it all at once please let me know. This is such an amazing app to me and I hope others and myself can experience it to the fullest of its potential.
Thanks!🙏🏾
—A citizen of the Brave Kingdom
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Too Aggressive With Crypto Currencies
Keeps pushing ads on the new tab page for crypto currencies, crypto wallets, and other crypto stuff, and even goes so far as to add bookmarks for crypto stuff without user permission. Tried contacting the developer multiple times to resolve these issues but got no response. Will be switching back to Safari with Content Blockers.
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Fast, Ad Block by Default, Crypto Rewards and Privacy Focus
What’s not to like right? This is hands down the fastest browser I’ve used on my Mac, iOS and Windows devices. Ads are blocked by default and it’s easy to make changes to the shields when they inadvertently block things that you want to see. Brave’s privacy focus is a huge selling point especially for people who follow tech and have noticed just how creepy the predictive algorithms are getting. One of the most interesting things is the Brave Rewards model and their solution to the current online advertising nightmare - the BAT (Basic Attention Token). Not only to they pay you for watching ads but the tech also promises an opportunity to upend the current broken system of Google-based ads and predictive marketing analytics. What they hope to do eventually is to put the power back consumer’s hands by paying us to view adds and allocating BAT to content providers based on the proportion of attention you give the site monthly. Popularity growth of the platform and additional investment and price increases for the BAT token will be required to get to a point where the system can potentially provide enough revenue to compete directly against Google etc. but Rome wasn’t built in a day. Give it a try and read up a little. I think you’ll like it too.
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Here’s a weird pitch
I’d like to be able to pay for brave. As much as I like their pitch of blocking trackers and ads, my question is “how do they pay for their business?”.
Simple answer is “ads” so essentially I’m trading invasive ads for less invasive ads, sounds slightly better, but what if these ads stop making brave enough money, or investors call for more and more invasive ads.
I’d rather brave had a source of income which was related to how much value people saw in the app, not how much time they use it. Any time the amount someone uses the service becomes the metric people measure their income by, their incentives become disaligned with how they started out.
Without a stream of income which is coming directly from the real consumer - the people browsing - there’s a good chance brave will become just as bad as google and many other companies. Google started out with good intentions, now look at them
Simple answer is “ads” so essentially I’m trading invasive ads for less invasive ads, sounds slightly better, but what if these ads stop making brave enough money, or investors call for more and more invasive ads.
I’d rather brave had a source of income which was related to how much value people saw in the app, not how much time they use it. Any time the amount someone uses the service becomes the metric people measure their income by, their incentives become disaligned with how they started out.
Without a stream of income which is coming directly from the real consumer - the people browsing - there’s a good chance brave will become just as bad as google and many other companies. Google started out with good intentions, now look at them
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Not cowardly, but not 100% brave
I like Brave. I hated Safari on my iPhone - not least because it’s embedded, and still a number of apps default towards trying to open it when e.g. clicking links. Brave has a clean interface, and is intuitive to use, with the necessary basic features; it meshes smoothly with the VPN app I use. Would be even neater if it offered an integral VPN like desktop Opera...
Not long ago Brave crashed, losing all my saved bookmarks. No idea why. Then a few days ago they reappeared unprompted, now called “Restored Bookmarks”. No idea why. It’s my reason for awarding it four stars only. Keep on developing it, guys - iron out the few bugs, just don’t make it too fancy.
Not long ago Brave crashed, losing all my saved bookmarks. No idea why. Then a few days ago they reappeared unprompted, now called “Restored Bookmarks”. No idea why. It’s my reason for awarding it four stars only. Keep on developing it, guys - iron out the few bugs, just don’t make it too fancy.
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General feedback
I had no complaints after a long time using this app but today’s update introduced a bug (now fixed) and an undesirable feature.
(Dec 11, 2019, Fixed - Thanks) Bug: I turn off the brave tokens icon in settings. This works until I close (actually shut it down) the browser. When I relaunch, the icon is back. I have to turn or on and off again. The issue repeats every time.
Feature: Long press on a link popped a simple menu to open in new tab. Now it opens a shrunken visual of the page. However you can’t scroll in that shrunken view so I can’t tell if there is anything of value on that link. The effect of the shrunken view has no purpose so I’d rather just have an option to see my simple pop up menu instead. If you can add that as an opinion in settings, I would use it.
(Dec 11, 2019 - Addressed - Thanks for the feedback ... I had not understood how the Bookmark button provides improved use over a simple home button) Request:
Can you add an option to display a home button (icon). I hate having to close or open tabs just to see speed dials so I can select the one page I access 90% of the time. A home button really is my #1 request of any browser but it seems to be going the way of the headphone jack.
(Dec 11, 2019, Fixed - Thanks) Bug: I turn off the brave tokens icon in settings. This works until I close (actually shut it down) the browser. When I relaunch, the icon is back. I have to turn or on and off again. The issue repeats every time.
Feature: Long press on a link popped a simple menu to open in new tab. Now it opens a shrunken visual of the page. However you can’t scroll in that shrunken view so I can’t tell if there is anything of value on that link. The effect of the shrunken view has no purpose so I’d rather just have an option to see my simple pop up menu instead. If you can add that as an opinion in settings, I would use it.
(Dec 11, 2019 - Addressed - Thanks for the feedback ... I had not understood how the Bookmark button provides improved use over a simple home button) Request:
Can you add an option to display a home button (icon). I hate having to close or open tabs just to see speed dials so I can select the one page I access 90% of the time. A home button really is my #1 request of any browser but it seems to be going the way of the headphone jack.
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Great browser
It’s pretty much replaced all other browsers for me. I now only use others for testing (I work in web development ).
I like the fact Face/Touch ID works (it doesn’t seem to on other browsers which offer it). It has a history sync ring I can set up, which is important to me as I’m often switching devices between iPad and iPhone as well as my desktops. I like the stats it produces and works in the background with adblockers but doesn’t stop me seeing ad heavy pages (which a lot of scripts have become wise to and detect for).
My only gripe is (as with all things on iOS) I can’t make it the default browser. I don’t knock stars off for it though as everyone has that issue.
I like the fact Face/Touch ID works (it doesn’t seem to on other browsers which offer it). It has a history sync ring I can set up, which is important to me as I’m often switching devices between iPad and iPhone as well as my desktops. I like the stats it produces and works in the background with adblockers but doesn’t stop me seeing ad heavy pages (which a lot of scripts have become wise to and detect for).
My only gripe is (as with all things on iOS) I can’t make it the default browser. I don’t knock stars off for it though as everyone has that issue.
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