iirc, Matrix is a non profit, idk where you're getting it's for profit.

this one is just dumb lmao

windows sandbox is... getting there, macos is decent but iirc the app dev can choose to not use it. all Linux options require user intervention to ensure it's set up properly. ChromeOS' sandboxing technique is inherited from Android and is the strongest/strictest of any desktop operating system.

someone could make this a simple mobile app using shizuku so you don't even need another device.

that doesn't help with sim removal. sim swaps are stuff are a thing and honestly more of a concern than data exfiltration.

this is the exact same argument made to keep slaves.

this is just my opinion but if you aren't after the sandboxing benefits then don't bother with them. if you want to avoid dependency hell go with nix, if you are worried about storage space use your standard package manager, and if you want higher security without the knowledge/effort to manually do it, go with flatpak or snaps (although many flatpaks need to be further hardened via Flatseal as the dev gets to configure the sandboxing. I'm unsure how this operates under snap as I refuse to use it.)

out of curiosity, what do you use it for? I've never been able to find a useful function of it beyond a niche party trick

this is wildly elitist holy shit

that's crazy to me idk. merely seeing an ad annoys me enough to stop whatever I was doing. my inner contrarian avoids any product I've seen advertised.

bro?

the thing about brave is whenever a company markets itself as privacy forward with no obvious business model/monetization strategy, it's safe to assume that, if they're not already, they will begin selling user data/ads heavily in the future. especially with brave searches lack of care towards web publisher's right not to be indexed, and Brendan eich generally being a gremlin of a human, I won't go near it. I'm not even starting with their crypto nonsense.

edit: and to the people saying they don't care what the CEO thinks just realize, by supporting the product, you support the company and in turn, the CEO. to support him means, at the very least, complicity with his views.