Brave Web Browser is a free and open source, pay to browse web browser. Which was created by Brandan Eich who’s also the co-founder of Mozilla Firefox and creator of Javascript. Brave Web Browser is ad-free and also claims to block all website trackers such as Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, etc. They also claim to improve online privacy by sharing less data with advertising customers. Brave intends to keep 15% of ad revenue for itself. 55% will go to content publishers, ad partners will receive 15% and also 15% will go to the browser users, who can donate to bloggers and other providers of web content through micropayments.

If your reasons for sticking with Chrome have been (a) extensions, (b) compatibility, (c) syncing across devices, or (d, unlikely) speed, Brave checks all of those boxes. What’s more, it’s just one of a growing number of really good options that aren’t made by Google.

Brave had 2.7 million active users in June. Brave’s team hasn’t announced how many downloads they have had so far, but we can see that there are more than 5 million downloads on Android.

Brave is based on Chromium, and so are other viable alternatives like Vivaldi, Opera, and soon even Microsoft’s Edge. That means each of those browsers supports Chrome extensions and provides performance comparable to — or, in the case of Brave, faster than — Google’s Chrome. All of the places where Firefox or Safari might get tripped up by a website or service demanding Chrome, Brave marches on. I’ve installed the Google Docs Offline extension on my laptop, and I’m happily typing this article with it, even though Google says it’s only for the Chrome browser.

When comparing Chrome vs Brave, the Slant community recommends Brave for most people. In the question“What are the best Android web browsers?” Brave is ranked 2nd while Chrome is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Brave is:
Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best.

Because the creators wanted to build a browser that addresses the privacy concerns of today’s users, who are fed up with all the ad tracking most browsers allow. The Brave browser blocks the Tracking Pixels and Tracking Cookies that advertisers use to track your clicks around the web. These are the cookies that remember you viewed a certain gadget on one website last Tuesday, and so it serves you up an ad for that gadget on a website you are viewing today. Since Brave blocks both of these, it makes it harder for advertisers to build an anonymous profile of you.

Brave is fast

Because Brave strips out many of the tracking features of ads, it greatly speeds up page loading times. Brave says this allows its browser to load pages almost twice as fast as other web browsers. Also, because many of the data-heavy ad’s are stripped away, you’ll be hit with smaller data usage bills on your cellular networks. 

According to Brave’s Research their browser is a lot faster than Chrome.

Privacy

  • Brave blocks ads by default (unlike Chrome, which requires a 3rd-party extension such as AdBlock).
  • Brave blocks 3rd-party tracking by default.
    • On Chrome, mega-advertisers like Google and Facebook use 3rd-party cookies to track your browsing on nearly every website.
    • By blocking 3rd-party cookies, Brave limits the amount of data Facebook, Google, and other ad networks can collect about your browsing habits.
  • Brave stores all your browsing data locally on your computer, which means you can delete it at any time.
  • Brave supports Tor browsing, making it the first all-purpose browser to do so.

    Security

    • Brave automatically encrypts your website connection when possible (on Chrome, this only occurs with an extension like HTTPS Everywhere).
    • Brave now supports all Chrome extensions, including popular password managers like LastPass and 1Password.

    Drawbacks of Brave

    • Every once in a while, Brave blocks part of a website that you wanted to load.
    • When this happens, it's easiest to click the lion icon, and toggle the shield to down.
    • Since the latest Brave update, this is rarely necessary (maybe once per week).

    Recommendation

    • Brave's speed alone is enough to make the switch worthwhile, and the added privacy and security benefits are icing on the cake.
    • Not surprisingly, Brave has skyrocketed to popularity, going from 1 million to 4.6 million users in 2018.
    • Brave is almost exactly like Chrome, but faster and less sleezy.

    Download Brave here




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