Brave...

[Truckman]

Just to have another alternative browser, since I read that Chrome will be disavowing the use of ad blockers, I downloaded Brave...It's associated with Joe's favorite search engine, DuckDuckGo...I'll give it a spin, and if Chrome becomes pay-to-play for those of us who don't like ads, I'll drop them like a hot rock......Ben

[wacojoe]

Thanks for the tip, Ben. Brave had escaped my notice until you mentioned it. I downloaded it (it is compatible on Apple devices), and my brief use has douched the ads! Busy now building my bookmarks on the new browser. It is definitely faster than Safari in loading. Could be a winner.

[Truckman]

Thanks for the tip, Ben. Brave had escaped my notice until you mentioned it. I downloaded it (it is compatible on Apple devices), and my brief use has douched the ads! Busy now building my bookmarks on the new browser. It is definitely faster than Safari in loading. Could be a winner.

You're welcome, Joe...On the superior Windows system, I just imported all my bookmarks and such...I don't know how it works on Satan's machinery......Ben

[Truckman]

So far I think Brave may be a shade faster than Chrome...And I have yet to see the first ad...This is without adding any adblocking extensions...It also gives me a running total of blocked ads and trackers......Ben

[Honda]

I think firefox blocks ads also

[Truckman]

Brave is now my default browser...Less than a day after install 4,148 ads have been blocked, and 144 tracking cookies...It's at least as fast as Chrome, maybe faster...It learned quickly which icons to move to the forefront for me...

DuckDuckGo sounds silly, but as a search engine does what I want...

Now all I need is a wide ranging news feed that gives me a choice of inputs and categories, and I'll drop Google News...But I'll need a much better reason to drop Gmail as it's given me everything I want in email for over ten years......Ben