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2026-08-23 11:34:53

LUZZY via Vitex

meluzzy@woof.tech

People in 2026 using Brave because "it blocks ads"
.... sis .... you can get UblockOrigin on any Firefox-based browser. You know Brave is evilware right? https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

2026-08-23 11:44:49

Pumpkin Sponge

retrosponge@kind.social

@meluzzy I have my Firefox so locked down with ad blocking stuff that I can't remember the last time I saw an ad. It's literally been years.

2026-08-23 11:45:17

Marco Hengstenberg

nice2meatu@mastodon.social

@meluzzy I haven’t seen ads on the web since 15 years ago and before that only on websites that I deemed worthy. It’s really not that hard. Privacy Badger, DuckDuckGo, adblockers…

2026-08-23 17:28:00

:thufie: Goo Truther :contains_thc:

thufie@social.pixie.town

@meluzzy if you have to use a chrome based browser (as certain sites require these days) there are always forks that aren't outright malware, like cromite or ungoogled-chromium, for those specific sites.

But yeah... Brave browser is good at privacy marketing while backstabbing their users in a way familiar to Apple enthusiasts.

2026-08-23 18:18:00

Violet 🏳️‍⚧️

violetoasis@mastodon.social

@meluzzy I remember I used brave years ago for its "Privacy" but stopped because of the Crypto shit. Had no idea about all the other wild stuff.

Will be sending this post and article to some friends who I know use Brave thank you for sharing this

2026-08-23 18:22:46

gloughingkneeonsaiyanphocks

ayeceeblewphocks@denden.world

@meluzzy I've seen trans people use Brave, and I'm like, "do you need Chrome extensions that badly?"

2026-08-23 19:06:36

Ben Ramsey

ramsey@phpc.social

@meluzzy @nina_kali_nina The official uBlock Origin Lite browser extension also works on desktop and mobile Safari. 😁

2026-08-23 19:07:27

13reak :fedora:

13reak@infosec.exchange

@meluzzy

Any recommendations for a chromium based browser?

(Brave was my go-to when a website didn't support Firefox - try any video chat, hardly works...)

2026-08-23 19:08:44

iamdtms

iamdtms@mas.to

@meluzzy Adblock stats 2025
https://iamdtms.medium.com/adblock-stats-2025-357011e28716

2026-08-23 19:34:42

Martin Kostera

martin@libera.site

@LUZZY Another stupid #CultureWar

2026-08-24 13:08:30

Christian M. Grube 🐧

Seraphyn@social.tchncs.de

@meluzzy
And this Page got how many Cookies and Tracker?

2026-08-24 15:59:35

Colin

colinstu@birdbutt.com

@meluzzy @xoagray pounding this drum since forever and continually astonished it keeps being suggested / used.

2026-08-24 23:45:17

Emily Vee

noobixcube@urbanists.social

@meluzzy I use Vivaldi, which unfortunately uses Chromium, but it's more like the REAL Opera today than Opera, in design philosophy. It's solidly anti-minimalism, for now. I can make my UI the ugly cluttered mess of my dreams.

Firefox's last straw with me was their tab group "inference engine" pegging my CPU to 100% when I wasn't even using tab groups. Lifelong Mozilla user, turned off in 2024. Not going back. Thank the Mozilla board.

2026-08-29 23:44:59

j-j-j-j-

themannofcool@alovely.space

@meluzzy if you need to use a website that gets mad at (in theory/likely intention, anything but chrome, but in practice) any non-chromium based browser (i.e for work/school), ublock lite on ungoogled-chromium is an option