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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by thesuitonym on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:12PM (#46292942)
I love how quickly the goalpost moves from "No ads" to "Only opt in ads" to "Ads can be disabled with two clicks."

Quit coping and just admit it, Brave is adware. If you like it, that's cool, totally your choice. It's fast, performant adware. But it's adware all the same.

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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by cpburns2009 on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:50PM (#46293486)
Firefox has ads in the same places.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy

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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by thesuitonym on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @03:12PM (#46293767)
whataboutism gets you nowhere. Brave is still adware.
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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by cpburns2009 on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @03:39PM (#46294097)
It's strange you're so adamant to label Brave adware while dismissing concerns that Firefox engages in very similar "adware" practices.
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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by DaSHacka on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:34PM (#46294847)
As is Firefox, and Chrome.

So really, there's no point in singling it out.

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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by bamboozled on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:37PM (#46294885)
It might be adware but I’ve actually never noticed the ads!

Also it’s the only browser on my phone that I can use to browse the web without ads…

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Re:Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo by Dylan16807 on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @10:47PM (#46298008)
When we're talking about reasons to switch browsers, then saying they both have the same behavior is not whataboutism. It's extremely important context to the complaint.
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