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[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally the kind of elitist response the OP was lambasting.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

No, noobs need to be told what sucks and what doesn't.

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, I'll have a go, since you're a noob with people and how they actually learn and behave: Your advice sucks.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 week ago
[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

... so what doesn't? Just saying sucks without saying why or providing a valid alternative is not helping anyone. Rather say something like

"Brave has done some shady things in the past and is based on chromium which is currently doing its best to kneecap adblockers and other privacy tools. If you want a good private browser, you might want to use librewolf instead".