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Oh, come on, seriously?
Brave runs as quickly as it does because ads are stripped at the Brave server level, so less content is transmitted to and processed by the browser at the device level. However, it is a ferocious memory hog, using two to three times as much memory as EdgeHTML, EdgeClassic and Firefox with four Bing tabs open and inactive.
Brave has a very https://zerocrypted.com/brave-browser-review-2019-what-makes-brave-browser-special/ I have used, and that model is inappropriate for Microsoft implementation. I suspect that lawsuits from content providers are coming Brave's way, and I can see merit in the lawsuits.
Brave's UI is quirky at times, and Brave suffers from Google Chrome's "open a new process for everything" issues. Android and Linux users have lodged a significant number of complaints about unreliability in those environments, but I have not seen those issues in a Windows environment.
I have some experience with Brave because I use Brave on a computer that operates in a low-to-nonexistent bandwidth environment (that is, 0.8-1.5 mb/s at the DSL gateway). Brave is noticeably quicker in that environment than the other browsers. It is not, however, a contender for my primary browser in its current iteration (despite the fact that it is cross platform to Android, Linux and Windows), and probably won't be going forward.
Brendan Eich (formerly of Mozilla) is touting Brave as the "future of browsing". My guess is that Brave will not set the world afire. We'll see.
As an aside, Drew, while in-built ad blocking might be new to the Edge world, it is not new. Firefox and other browsers have been building in native ad-blocking for a while:
Firefox allows users to turn off content blocking for specific sites with a click, \
and (unlike other ad-blocking tools I've used over the years), the click-choice is not persistent. To me, that is a real plus, and I've used feedback to recommend that to the Edge Team.
Tom, the comments from you and the other person are very interesting. Certainly, suggests that while, there may be other attempts at Chromium-based browser, ours is/will be the best. And, even, though, other things say they are the greatest thing since sliced bread, it may not be true, in practice. Also, it is cool to have the pros & cons of default ad blocking addressed. I don't recall, by name, who here had requested it for Edge. Anyway, interesting stuff, considering what we are working on ourselves. Great input. Helps let us know Edge C is on the right track & doing good things.
Cheers,
Drew
Drew1903 "Certainly, suggests that while, there may be other attempts at Chromium-based browser, ours is/will be the best."
Let's see how Edge Chromium develops before we jump to conclusions. I certainly hope that Edge Chromium will stand heads and shoulders about Google Chrome, and I am doing my best to help out in that endeavor, but Edge Chromium is in early development at this point and only time will tell.
"And, even, though, other things say they are the greatest thing since sliced bread, it may not be true, in practice."
Of the dozen or so Chromium-based browsers I know about, most are niche products intended to meet a particular need. That doesn't translate into a first class general purpose, mainstream browser. In the Windows environment, Chrome, Edge and Firefox are the mainstream browsers. Brendan Eich is contending that Brave will be the new Chrome (that is, the browser that takes over the world), but I have my doubts, to be sure.
"Also, it is cool to have the pros & cons of default ad blocking addressed."
I don't use ad-blocker on computers -- other than in-built blockers that go after malicious ads and trackers -- when I have a good (10-15 mb/s and up) connection. It seems to me that content providers depend on ads for income, and if I'm going to read the content, I can put up with the ads.
I do use ad-blockers on my travel laptop (hotel connections are often/usually slow) and on the laptop that I use at the railroad museum (abysmal connection speed, and nothing can be done about it), simply to get to the content within a reasonable period of time.
But in general, I don't think that ad blockers play fair, and I am glad that Edge Chromium is using tracker-blocking instead. That's fair play and sound practice.
tomscharbach
I'm with you, Tom. To be candid, sure, I'm guarded, too. But, admittedly, I'm trying to be optimistic, think positively, have some good-faith & hope MS will do this right & well. Early indicators are encouraging, at least.
Cheers,
Drew
On the above article I posted about Firefox losing ground (fizzling) it mentioned that even Chrome took a step back but Edge (the old one) has moved up in usage. I feel once the new Edge goes stable release and people know it's a Chromium based browser it will pretty much knock out most of these third party browsers right off the bat. Give it a few more weeks (or two to three months) it will also knock Firefox out of second which is in second by only a 10 percent ratio. Edge will either be second right behind Chrome balancing out a 50/60 usage share over Chrome or overtake Chrome for first in browser usage. The new Edge has the ability to use Chrome extensions along with Microsoft own Extensions, is using the Chromium format, yet is superior in design and usage to Chrome so it's a all around win combination for web browser users of having "the best of all words in one".
