If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it’s even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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      niche:

      relating to or aimed at a small specialized group or market

      Browser stats: https://gs.statcounter.com/

      Do you see LibreWolf on here? Do you see Brave on here? Do you see Vanadium on here?

      Even Firefox, of which LibreWolf is essentially a reskin of, is at 2.6% and considered niche

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      Remember that, by virtue of us being here on Lemmy and talking about all of this, we are also a niche group of people. We don’t represent the average person, even if we might be the ones who influence them with our knowledge.

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        absolutely. people gotta realize when they put themselves in a bubble and not project that experience outwards to everyone else

        there’s a word for this… lemme see if i can find it

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge

        The curse of knowledge, also called the curse of expertise[1] or expert’s curse, is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person who has specialized knowledge assumes that others share in that knowledge.[2]