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The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS. (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by FatCat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/13/brave-browser-rise-installs-ios-14-7-eu/

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[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

it’s definitely more pro-privacy than Brave or FireFox. I’ve never had to jump through a captcha to use Google in those browsers.

You have this backwards. Google showing you captchas is basically them saying they can't match your browser to any know (shadow) profile they have already stored. So they aren't sure you are a human and if so which one specifically. Getting harassed with a captcha is essentially like a badge of honour for your browsers privacy settings.

[–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No they don’t, that’s exactly what they said. Safari makes them do CAPTCHAs so it is the most privacy friendly. It is true that it has better blocking features than Firefox on iOS (because Firefox doesn’t have extensions).

[–] rambaroo@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Firefox is deliberately gimped by Apple on iOS, along with every other browser. It's not a fair comparison. It's basically Safari without a ton of extra features that Mozilla was never going to be allowed to implement, which is why the EU decided Apple was being anti-competitive.

Firefox doesn't even need extensions to match Safari, but it does need gecko and all the settings it supports on other platforms.

Apple is a shady company and trusting them with your data is a big mistake.

[–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

I don’t disagree that Firefox is deliberately gimped, and it’s built in blocking features on desktop match Safari on iOS. I’m not sure I really agree that Apple is a “shady company,” in many respects they are doing a good job with end to end encryption and ensuring that they don’t have access to your data in the first place (not to excuse their extreme walled garden approach, which stifles competition and limits good options like Firefox [real Firefox] with uBlock Origin [or uMatrix]).

[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh you are right, I misread that. Thanks for pointing it out.