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Brave's aggressive marketing (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by frequency@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Was reading an answer to the question about fresh Amazon tablet and saw this. They used up the question as a hook to promote their browser. Pretty sure I'm avoiding Brave from now on.

Q: Does the fire max 11 have YouTube app on it. A: I have installed Google Playstore , but I skip installing Youtube app . There is better option . Brave Browser in Playstore !! That thing has AWESOME popup Blocker and it's own integrated Youtube Ads and other Nuisances blocker . My point ? You don't need youtube on Fire max , You don't need Google Maps , You don't need Facebook App . Just Use Brave .

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[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 291 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I really doubt that is marketing. I just think that’s an over-enthusiastic user.

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Idk, sound like a paid comment to me.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

Brave and Opera GX both have lots of fanboys

[–] red@feddit.de 52 points 1 year ago

You're paranoid, mate

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

It's not even a comment, it's an answer to an Q&A on amazon, I'm sure there are more efficient ways to advertise a browser.

[–] OverBiasedAndroid6L6@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Perhaps you sound like a FireFox or otherwise Anti-Brave shill

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow wow, slow down dude, now you sound like a Brave shill yourself.

[–] DrinkBoba@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was the point he was making. Who knows. I agree though sounds like some kid who just discovered an app he likes and is spamming it everywhere. Sadly most marketing is hard to discover.

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[–] squi@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I shill brave on iOS regularly as a way to get past ads on mobile and watch with background playback. But that’s more because of how much I hate ads than any loyalty to brave. I highly doubt they’re paying for the kind of low quality shilling this guy is doing on Amazon. If they are, they can start paying me as well!

[–] SloganLessons@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

if you're interested in alternatives with adblockers:

adguard extension for safari, for general browsing
video lite app for youtube, or any other video playing website. It's a browser disguised as video player, but it's really well done, feels like I'm using the oficial youtube app

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[–] PlatinumSf@pawb.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're insane.

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't we all?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. I mean, I am, but not everyone.

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[–] PancakedWaffle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I could have written that if I wrote like I was 14. Definitely out here shilling brave. Try it out if you haven’t.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Do you really think that amazon questions is a place ada would be put into? Not for something sold on Amazon mind you, but a browser!

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I'm honestly a bit surprised their comment doesn't contain the user's affiliate links. "Over-enthusiastic" users used to spam theirs everywhere.

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[–] lambda@lemmy.world 135 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I really don't understand why people use and recommend brave. They've have had plenty of shady practices in the past and bundle crypto crap by default. If you want to block ads just install ublock origin on (preferably) any privacy respecting browser like firefox (or better yet librewolf), ungoogled-chromium etc

[–] ominouslemon@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (11 children)

They just don't know any better. And when you tell them about Brave's history, they just don't listen

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[–] phx@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah I tried it on mobile and it peppered me with requests/pop-ups to get their paid services.. Install didn't last long

[–] e569668@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox runs really poorly for twitch and youtube videos for me in linux; mainly in CPU. Brave will use maybe 10-20% of my cpu for a single twitch stream whereas firefox uses about 80%. I use firefox for all my browsing, but for videos it just doesn't seem to work well... Perhaps a different chromium browser would be better as you say.

[–] Giooschi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Sounds like your Firefox is not using hardware acceleration for displaying videos. It does support it, but whether it will be enabled on Linux depends on a bunch of factors (distro/packages installed, cpu/gpu vendor/drivers, some weird settings etc etc)

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The situation on mobile is dire. Bromite and Ungoogled-Chromium are dead, and mobile Firefox is slow crap that Mozilla doesn't give two fucks about. I'm grinding my teeth using IceRaven and Mulch, but I'm not surprised those with less patience would use an all-in-one solution.

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[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Brave sucks. Firefox + uBlock Origin is superior.

Yes I'm a Firefox Supremacist.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait untill OP says you are paid by mozilla

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So then he's partially paid by me!

Link for compatibility

^Yes.^ ^Making^ ^this^ ^joke^ ^inspired^ ^me^ ^to^ ^donate,^ ^at^ ^least^ ^something.^

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Chad(And my joke is having a value for the first time)

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[–] Ds4zkMjT@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Gentle reminder that Brave's CEO is a known bigot and the browser is just chrome with a few extensions and fresh coat of paint.

[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

You're selling them short. They also developed some crypto shit to shoehorn into it.

[–] buttsbuttsbutts@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 1 year ago

Isn't he a Blockchain/crypto grifter as well?

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[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 45 points 1 year ago

Maybe, but there are LOT of weirdly aggressive Brave fanboys out there that would probably say shit like this without getting paid. Not sure how they convinced people that they were so great. Brave is a decent browser but it has a sketchy history, just like the people behind it. Would definitely recommend staying away.

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.fmhy.ml 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have to agree with others that this looks like an episode of FanboysGoneWild, but there are reasons to question, if not outright ceasing to use Brave and they center around their CEO, Brendan Eich. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

[–] BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sure, I disagree with him regarding social issues, but how is questioning unscientific and inconsistent "health measures" and the proven liar who is their spokesperson right wing? To use the bird metaphor, is it flying upside down? Is that why things that are actually left wing (progressivism, skepticism, political accountability) called right wing and things that are actually right wing (authoritarianism, religious devotion to the state, feelings mattering more than reality) called left wing? Is it Opposite Day?

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look ! Firefox marketing ! Gotta boycott them !

[–] BigBootyBoy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

All those wonderful people are all just passionate firefox users, and you could be one too! All have have to do is get firefox! Please get firefox, it's great! You should totally get firefox!

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[–] roguemetahuman@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is some really aggressive marketing.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 9 points 1 year ago

This is not marketing. This is people trying to destroy Brave's reputation. This kind of stuff isn't even effective, so Brave wouldn't do that

[–] kabe@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I mean, there are plenty of reasons not to use Brave but this poorly-written, obviously-not-a-paid-review doesn't really rank up there.

[–] PlatinumSf@pawb.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what marketing campaign you think is going to tell a normal non-tech literate user to install not only a third party app store which they'd have to sideload through a complicated process, but also do so in the reviews section for a random product instead of just paying the 1/10th of a cent it takes to run an ad somewhere relevant. This post is legitimately so poorly thought out it frustrates me. Go get yourself evaluated for anxiety if you feel this distrustful of the world, my word it's insane.

[–] frequency@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Your claim about OP's insanity has been accepted and will be reviewed in 5 to 10 business days. Stand by.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (16 children)

tbh one only uses the youtube app if they're either ignorant or desperate

[–] Obsession@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meh, I pay for YouTube Premium since it's included in YouTube Music, and I feel good knowing that creators I watch get more from me than they would if I enabled ads just on their channels.

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