Brave (multi-platform web browser)

[Midas]

Brave v1.14.84 released (changelog at https://brave.com/latest/).

BTW, the full changelog is at https://community.brave.com/c/faq/release-notes/98.

[juverax]

"Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling – and may even offer a paid-for, no-ad version"
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/03/ ... ch_engine/

[webfork]

Was digging into this topic in a related thread and came across the non-simple list of steps necessary to disable the various cryptocurrency features. Yikes.

EDIT: Not sure this deserves a separate post, but a full list of Brave browser controversies. There were several issues that went through the news cycle that I missed that gave me pause.

[Midas]

Brave v1.43.88 released 2022-09-02 (changes at https://brave.com/latest/).

The previous post notwithstanding, it's good to be privy with the following info:

Brave for desktop is built on top of the open-source Chromium project. We add features on top of what is already there and we also remove features or pieces of the code. These deviations we make that touch the core Chromium code are done via patching.

github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki
/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)/

[webfork]

Sort of a non-update here ... really not looking like a portable Brave is going to happen.

• This thread from last year talking about portapps is the only thing I seem to be seeing on a portable front. Which I'm less than excited about: https://community.brave.com/t/brave-por ... n/381456/4
• This thread from a few years back on PA seems to suggest it's just not in the cards. I'm not seeing anything else in digging to suggest otherwise. https://portableapps.com/comment/245349#comment-245349

[jenss]

maybe not totally dead
this one is still going :
https://portapps.io/app/brave-portable/
Latest version 1.47.171
Last updated 2023/01/16