I don't think it's true anymore since they have moved on from Electron to Chromium.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-browser-moves-to-chromiu...

I’m as anti-Electron as the next person, but my arguments against it are due to the bloat and disrespectful resource usage of using an entire web browser to show local app UI.

But if what you need is an actual, literal web browser, then I’m not sure I see why this is a bad choice.

As per their own documentation, Electron is not a web browser and should not be treated like one.

I understand that some may experience differences of opinion, but I regard it as sufficient warning when the developers of something warn that it should not be used as a web browser: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/security

Thank you for the informative reply - I stand completely corrected.

I can definitely see now why this would be problematic.

People will complain about literally anything without ever comparing the UI, UX, Speed or Resource Usage of the thing rivaling their favorite app. Everybody should get Min, use it enough time, then make educated opinions instead of hating in web technologies just for the memes.

I didn't know Brave was an Electron app

> instead of hating in web technologies just for the memes.

Let’s nip this in the bud. The comment you’re replying to says “Everyone is complaining it is built in electron” but I’ve read every comment in this so far tiny thread and there is literally one comment complaining of it being Electron.

> I didn't know Brave was an Electron app

It’s not: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33983708

Fwiw, I commented on this when there was only one or two comments on this, and all of them were complaining about electron.

One comment is insufficient to extrapolate to “everyone” or “all of them”. It sows discord and splits people into sides before there’s been any conversation.