In fact, I think it might be better than any of those browsers.Īccording to Brave, the average mobile browser user pays as much as $23 month in data charges to download ads and trackers - that’s $276 a year. It’s a great browser, and their recent Desktop version (Mac or PC ready) is a solid competitor to Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Mozilla Firefox. I’ve been an avid Brave user on my iPhone since early 2017 and have been enjoying a browser experience that is twice as fast while also efficient in saving me an average of 0.5GB of mobile data a month by not having to load pesky ads. Welcome to 2018, where internet net neutrality has been repealed and every second you spend surfing the web is another dollar sign in the eyes of companies like Google and Facebook trying to sell your data to advertisers.ĭigital advertising has grown out of control - at least that’s what the team at Brave believes.Ĭreated in early 2016 by Brendan Eich (the same guy who created JavaScript and co-founded Mozilla), the Brave browser blocks all advertisements and trackers that plague the websites you visit daily, eliminating the need for any kind of ad blocking extension.

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