Well, it was good while it lasted. Moving away from Brave Browser by ash

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brave · @ash ·
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Well, it was good while it lasted. Moving away from Brave Browser
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I read r/Privacy the other day and followed [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/cdegp5/brave_browser_for_android_removed_the_possibility/
) post about Brave Browser.

Apparently, you can no longer disable the BAT thingy (=3rd party full KYC issued token), and not only is this bad on mobile:

according to [/u/nukelr](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/cdegp5/brave_browser_for_android_removed_the_possibility/etw7lrx/),

> Something similar happens on the desktop version. "Disabling" BAT only make the icon disappear. If you check better in the browser's task manager you'll see 3 processes related to BAT which are still there (they say "inactive" ) and wasting memory.

which is a big NO on top. 

### What are the alternatives?

Well, for me it's back to Firefox on desktop, and [Firefox Focus](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/mobile/) on Mobile.

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@cardboard · 
Can you explain? The bat thingy is the crypto service build into brave?
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@ash ·
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BAT is the watch ad for shitcoin addon they offer. apparently it's a complete mess, even if you do not even want to use it
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@chronogn · 
Not only that, you can't even withdraw your BAT balance. Pretty fucking pointless if you ask me.
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@ash ·
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yeah, it's not a real blockchain product IMO
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