With the decisions Brave has been making recently, I’ve ended up downloading unGoogled Chromium, which is something I thought made no sense since you have to install an add-on in order to install add-ons.
Having used it for several days now, I’m not completely against it anymore.
But, it got me thinking would a Brave fork be a better base using the good things about Brave while removing the Google and Brave AI and VPN parts?
Side Quest : What do you think it should be called? unBraved? // openBrave? // bBrave = better Brave? // Bold?
So basically an unBraved Brave? What about “Timid” or “Reckless” as an antonym? Probably doesn’t sound good. What about “Not Brave”? Or if you just want a different word for similar meaning, how about “Fearless Browser”? Or “Rave Browser”, brave without b.
No. An ideal Brave fork wouldn’t remove the things that make Brave a good alternative. It would only remove the things that make people not want to use it - with the exception of being chromium-based of course .
Things that people don’t like about Brave:
Crypto
Built-in AI
Built-in VPN
It’s not Firefox
It’s based on Chromium
Apart from the last two and what @milkytwix says here:
these are the things that should IMO be removed in the event that someone decides to fork it. Everything else is great.
DNB - Definitely Not Brave. The icon would be Brave’s icon but with prop glasses, nose, and moustache.
The lesson learned with that project was: Do not f* around with Intellectual Property and Trademarks or you will cease-and-desist (which is fair to be honest…).
You forgot three (imho very important) points:
-Being intransparent short of lying to customers
-Using customers as part of their ad-network without the knowledge of the customers
-prohibite Distro-specific builds
Brave is just nothing I would trust. Especially if it is such an import part of trust as the browser.
Now I see what it is about, basically Not Brave Enough or Private Brave or Core Brave. When it comes to names, my head goes wild all the time. Similar to the Firefox forks like Waterfox and LibreWolf.
@ddnn … a Brave fork be a better base using things about Brave while removing the Google and Brave AI and VPN parts?
I’m currently a Brave user so I had the inclination I might have something to add to the discussion. I also have a couple of questions because I want to learn a bit more about my most used application besides the terminal
Just a couple of things I would like changed about my browser and maybe y’all can agree:
Google - I’ve started using Duck Duck Go, but for a browser that claims to value privacy you would think they’d have a more sensible default search engine
Chrome Web Store - Seriously?! Many people like me used Mozilla Firefox before this, and I badly miss my Firefox extensions (idk how I’ve lived without actual Dark Reader )
Performance - The whole journey of Linux started with saving my budget laptop, so of course I wanted a lightweight browser without sacrificing privacy, so I went with Brave. I was so wrong, the browser is a power hungry beast.
I don’t mind the AI and VPN a whole lot, but I can see why it would be annoying to others. So that’s my two cents. But that being said…
I’m trying to get into some projects as a ComSci student to expand my knowledge, and this seems like it would be an interesting and rewarding project. Is anybody interested in making something productive out of this conversation and collaborating on a project to unBrave Brave?
Maybe you installed Brave a long time ago, but since Brave Search became a thing, it’s been the default engine.
I get this, but I don’t think there’s any way around it once they are using the Blink engine. Though I think I recall Vivaldi allowing both FF and Chrome extensions? Not sure…
Regarding performance… The fewer things (like add-ons) you add to a browser (any browser) and the fewer things you ask it to remember (cookies, site data, passwords, even bookmarks, etc.) the faster it operates in terms of page loading. But of course, you sacrifice convenience and functionality if you do so.
: What do you think it should be called? unBraved? // openBrave? // bBrave = better Brave? // Bold? 
No. An ideal Brave fork wouldn’t remove the things that make Brave a good alternative. It would only remove the things that make people not want to use it - with the exception of being chromium-based of course 
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