I have been thinking about switching to brave for better fingerprinting protection

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So Chromium?

Just use Firefox, its the better browser anyways.

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Almost all of my Linux devices have both chromium-browser and Firefox installed. Firefox is my default, but there are some apps out there that work a lot better in something chromium-based.

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Ungoogled-chromium is a good substitute in that case

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Haven’t used Ungoogled Chromium in a couple years, but I’ve seen some criticisms of it even compared to regular Chrome: https://qua3k.github.io/ungoogled/

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Brave might have started as a basic Chromium fork, but the various privacy/security features they added do make them standout now.

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But they still contribute to google’s monopoly over web standards.

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It is really disingenuous to say “X is just a skin of Y” just because they share the same browser engine or are forked from the same browser. Like you say, there are a lot of changes.

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Aye Firefox gang 🦊🤘

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I already use Firefox but brave is just better at fingerprinting protection

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There’s CanvasBlocker for Firefox that can do fingerprint protection.

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Arkenfox is also good at protection from naive fingerprinting

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Adding add-on makes you more fingerprintable, not less.

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