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The freedom to choose seems like something we take for granted (at least in the U.S.), that’s why Apple’s artificial boundaries seem so egregious. While there are a few work arounds to have your email app and a few others, open your browser of choice, you may still find yourself hitting a link and suddenly […]
Brave is known for its popular and private Browser that literally pays you to see ads and protects your privacy by default. In May Brave reported that it has more than 15 million monthly active users, which amounts to a 50% gain since launching in November of last year. Brave also reported that it had […]
Brave is known for its popular and private Browser that literally pays you to see ads. Brave’s browser on Android may be getting extension support. On Reddit, a Brave Android browser team member revealed the browser might get extension support this year. Below is a prototype video in the twitter post. “We would like to […]
Brave is known for its popular and private Browser that literally pays you to see ads. Today Brave announced “Brave Together” via twitter. Brave Together is a new private and unlimited video calling service built on open source technology Jitsi. Brave’s nightly browser currently has the Brave Together” widget where you have quick access to […]
The U.S. Senate has voted to reauthorize the USA Freedom Act, which is the continuation of what was once the Patriot Act, binging it ever closer to reauthorization. The Patriot Act was signed into law following the events of September 11th 2001 and this reauthorization of the USA Freedom Act is in part a clawing […]
Do you hate ads? Of course you do, we all do. Not only do they clutter web pages, but they also allow 3rd parties to track your online activity. If you are hearing this for this first time then you may feel like Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation when he found out about how […]
We all have our favorite browsers for one reason or another, maybe its what came pre-installed on your phone or its the one your chose. Whatever the reason we use the browser we do, we will examine a report on how they behave when the run for the first time. We recently report on an […]
Here on Platform De.Central we advocate for Apps & Services that do not pigeon hole you into one platform, this is called platform choice. You need platform choice if one of the platforms starts to abuse its power, then you can simply choose from a number of competitors. If this is the first time you […]
Google’s Chrome browser market share is at near monopoly proportions with Chrome at 68.5% by last month according to NetMarketShare. Why do so many people use Chrome, especially when there are so many other great options. Well the answer is quite complicated. What do users have to do when they want to switch? Well, because […]
Amazon has updated their Prime Video site and now works as a web app. Below we will show you how to install it on Windows 10 with Brave. Navigate to https://www.primevideo.com/storefront/home/. Tap the Menu button > More Tools > Create Shortcut. A dialog menu will pop down, select Open as window > Create. A windowed […]