Vivaldi vs Brave
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I was wondering which Browser Blocks the most Trackers and / or Ads. Vivaldi or Brave? Are they similar?
I primarily use Firefox on my Desktop, and Brave as a runner up. On my Android phone, it is the opposite. I use Brave primarily, and Firefox as the runner up (Firefox still has a long ways to go to be fully functional on Android).
I've been dabbling with Vivaldi recently, and I think I'd like to switch from Brave to Vivaldi.
I'd like to know what are the Major Differences between the two. In terms of Performance and Customizability, so far in my experience, Vivaldi is better hands down. I don't know much about Protection of Data and Blocking Trackers however.
What is the Data, and what has been Your Experience with Vivaldi?
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In terms of customizability, Vivaldi wins hands down.
As for ads/trackers, that's Brave's main focus. I'd say Brave is slightly better than Vivaldi for that, but as an overall package I much prefer Vivaldi.
Vivaldi does protect your data and block trackers too though.
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It is possible to block ads and trackers in Vivaldi. I use both Brave and Vivaldi. After enabling the filters here I do not see any difference.
Try it yourself.
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/90023/filter-suggestion-for-vivaldi-android-and-desktop -
@ugly What the actual F? Jebus... I'm gonna start getting off of Brave right now.
So then... That also means stopping to use the Brave Search Engine. Which Search Engine do you guys use?
And also, I had heard that Vivaldi was a Community built Search Engine, to supposedly replace Opera, which was purchased by a Chinese company. On the landing page of this Forum, there's a video of Vivaldi's Co-Founder, Jon Von Tetzchner... So I suppose I had heard wrong then.
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Well, Brave has certainly some cool privacy features (at least on paper), but what killed it for me is its way of storing settings. When I check all the marks when I delete browsing data (Cookies, Site Settings and so on) Brave also deletes some of its own settings (like aggressive 3rd party blocking, among others). That's been an issue for some time now, maybe roughly a year, and it is still a thing. Highly improfessional and does not help to build trust in the underlying code structure. Not saying Brave browser is generally flawed, but come on, you gotta be able to have immutable settings, at least that. There is a workaround, however, but that's not how things should be. It's also a thing on desktop.
Apart from that, I prefer the Vivaldi vibes.
