Brave Origin's main feature isn't what it adds but what it removes: it scraps email aliases, Leo AI, the VPN tool, the Brave Wallet implementation, and Speedreader, just to name a few features. You can either download a browser with all of those disabled, or you can upgrade your Brave browser with a panel that lets you tweak what ones you want to keep.
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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I read the article.
But also I'm out of the loop on why ppl hate Brave. Can someone clue me in?
Is there a better cross-platform browser? I like to use the same one across devices.
Firefox, or its fork Librewolf if you really value privacy.
I'm using waterfox as my dedicated porn browser and have found few faults. Maybe I'll go that direction for my main browser.
I tried LibreWolf and had issues that I can't remember now.
Zen is just preselected no telemetry Firefox, also bleeding edge with Firefox updates
Brave is fine ish but they have issues, and a lot of them, which they usually fix within 24 hours but they've had a track record of like 8-10 issues per year, so just under once a month.
Don't downvote me to hell cause it's a reddit link, sorry, this is the most concise list I know of: https://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/s/AErPH6iMl0
Brave is the only browser I'm aware of whose "issues" rise to the level of "we're going to hijack your URL bar and insert our own affiliate links"
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I haven't heard of Zen and just checked out the wiki on it.
There are so many browsers! It's hard to decide. I've tried quite a few over the years. Been running Brave as primary for 3-4 years.
I appreciate the Reddit link. Yikes. I've noticed the enshittification of Brave but didn't know all the bad stuff they've done.
I do like that Brave works well on all my devices and sync is reliable. I don't like running different browsers on diff platforms.
Time to do some testing and research...
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I don’t use brave but for someone ootl, why all the hate?
here you go, free https://github.com/xXSalamanderXx/SlimBrave
Nice, but it's funny how the logo looks like a very fat lion.
There's no way people will actually pay for this, right? ... right?
Brave sucks, lol, I use other browsers
So much venom. That's weird. Because they are all useful to some degree or another.
I use Brave. (The free one. Obviously.)
And I use Vivaldi. And Firefox. And Waterfox.
And even Chrome.
I do a lot of work through browser-based utilities. I like to set one browser up with all my server clusters pinned. This is the Brave/Vivaldi role. It doesn't go online, just server mangement.
And I'll set up Chrome with all my work sites. Because that's the standard, and its gonna run all that work shit reliably. Login to my work google here.
And I want a dirty actual-browser with uBlock, SuperStop, and kill-sticky. Usually Firefox. Might get my personal gmail here.
If I'm on a machine where I need an additional role, or perhaps some extension that I don't want in my main browser, I install another browser to handle it.
They are tools, folks. Use em. Don't let them use you. Don't be a tool.
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