Brave or Chromium
I am in dilemma of choosing Brave or Chromium as my default browser.
The following is my comparison,
| Chromium | Brave | |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux official repo | Yes, in Extra | AUR |
| Sync | Sync a lot of things, including tabs, history, compatible to Google Chrome | Sync bookmark only |
| AdBlock | Require extension, such as uBlock Origin | Built-in adblock, but leads to difficulty to customize blocking certain HTML elements. Adblock also breaks some anti-adblock sites. But adblock works on mobile version on both Android and iPhone |
| Start | Fast start | Slower than Chromium, because it runs pacman (Arch Linux package manager) to check pepper-flash. |
| Privacy | Nothing special | Built-in Tor feature for private browsing with Tor |
I am still continue using Brave, because I prefer Brave over Firefox on Android. In order to conform with Brave on Android, I choose Brave on desktop.
Besides that, Brave has built-in Tor. Alternatively, we can use Tor Browser (based on Firefox), which means I need to use two browsers: Firefox and Tor Browser.