Why Web Browsers Are FREE
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Google Chrome makes money by stealing ram
Hmm, that would actually be a cool business model.. P2P RAM, just bittorrent some more.
@xd1337 bro I just said ram
@@thepolticalone961 he knows that, but if you haven't heard google does that too.
we cracked the davinci code here boys
@@Carewolf I thought that said read more, you baited me without trying...
They're free because the hot singles in your area are paying them just to let you know they're dying to date you.
You just need to know the one weird trick to picking them up.
Man you are visiting some shady ass websites! Please be a man of culture.
@@Shaboinki I think youtube hosts some of these ads
Everyone knows that's not real. Fool. Anyway I'm really happy today, I just got an email because a long lost relative has died and left me a $4 million fortune!
@@brazeiar9672 seems like the Nigerian prince finally gathered enough money over the last years
After watching so many of Linus video, I can tell prior 5 seconds when he is about to tell the sponsor, just by hearing his voice intonation
Lol, same
Yeah same here bro
And I keep my finger ready to skip ⏭
I just tap 6 times in the right.
It’s like a 6th sense. Incredible.
Uc browser: laughs in money gained by selling user data
@xd1337 at least you can legally sell your data to Google instead of simply letting them own it
Alibaba the chalis chor!
@TheTekOr Oleg How? I want to make some money
vishvajeet pal hm
@@helgenlane um it's still spyware
"If something is free, you are the product."
How about Linux?
@@violetshft That's just people who make it for themselves and now that they have it, they can just as well release it and get some fame. And the FOSS fanboys of course.
open source community: meh
If something is free by a corporation that is. Many people contribute to FOSS out of passion and sheer goodwill.
oooo edgy
r/im14andthisisdeep
"Why web browsers are free"
I never would have imagined paying for one before.
Capital_STEEZ you pay for it with your data.
so young...
@@redvivid 21
The weird thing is I genuinely don't remember browsers actually ever costing people money, unless you count paying for services that came with their own, like AOL.
Computers just came with *a* browser of some sort and that was good enough to get the job done in that era. If anything, developing a browser should be easier because of how much more tighter and universal the standards are getting... At least, they would be if Google didn't intentionally sabotage other browsers on their platforms like UA-cam.
They used to
quick answer: Its *not* free you instead sell your soul
verified person
hi? Uhhhh, ok bye
Ok
Never thought to see you here
very true, thats why you should always use free and open source software
I switched from Chrome to Firefox in 2019 after more than a decade using Chrome. Firefox’s user experience is way better now. It’s also a lot faster and there’s a real emphasis on privacy, security and reducing the amount of cookies that you lug around with you on the web. I’m happy I switched!
Well I switched to opera X, the true gaming website
I like Firefox too but chrome is definitely snappier, at least on the hardware I use
Ok i know u are a firefox worker
Taylor Iserman I tried Firefox and it was a s s.. Can’t help but feel like you are an employee of Firefox.
Ethorbit Haha I’m flattered. I’m not an employee of Firefox though just really enjoyed the switch but to each his own I guess. Can’t imagine why it went so bad for you tho
In short:
They have more ads than an LTT video
Hint Of Sarcasm hh
@Matthew W what are you? 9
@RectalDiscourse I am javign an seizurr
So 1
@Matthew W did i ask you to comment did i ask?
You forgot about all the data collection in chrome in particular, used to personally target ads
Technically the browsers are only infrastructure for the data collection and not the actor. Cookies are supported by every browser and are the main way this is done. The servers who serve you the websites are the ones putting them on your browsers, using the API supported by browsers. There are sound technical reasons why the mechanism of cookies was developed and adopted but it has grown into something ugly.
@@bartios I might be wrong, but doesn't Chrome have a separate mechanism that ties data to your Google account?
@@ahsdfkdasdahdkas2887 it's not the browser that uses your data it's the search engine.
But yeah browser cab store and manage your personal data and its up to you whether you want to let services accès them. For example your browsers private mode will hide a lot of data from online services
>looking at my instrument panel
>seing Adblock Plus, uBlock Origin and AdGuard icons
which ads?
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who sf suggest
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why is this in mind room temperature for you to cc
me:*has absolutely no problem with browsers that are free and trying to sleep*
techquickie:Why Web Browsers Are FREE
me:i dont need sleep, i need answers
Just a simple answer:
We are the products being sold
OmegaRejectz did you not watch the video?
Uh... No, we literally buy the products, just in another manner
@@Simon-oy7kf Your personal data.
Those Google advertisements recommended for only you, remember?
@@lonewolf3314
You can replace the search engine if you have more than free brain cells. Well, you don't have.
GrafGrief thank you for the compliment, by the way i use yahoo. The only search engine that has my country's name right, i do not know how do these other multibilion companies can mistake ones name country but oh well they need some of the braincells of yahoo employees i guess.
“Many of you may be too young to remember this”
Here we go
Ok boomer
I'd imagine a good chunk of LTT's audience are millennials and none of us would have been adults in the 90s to know that.... I do remember AOL cds though.
@@Dr_Andracca just like the people that are working for him.
Childs
@@naufalap you are boomer
@Deadpoppin kasgfvjasvbzbcac
Apple's Safari marketing team: *He's onto us*
Lmao 👋🤭
It’s obvious right!
safari is new IE, we can ignore it
@@jakubwegrzyn3798 I use Chrome on my PC and Safari on my Mac. Much prefer Safari.
@Daphne I I'm web developer and from my perspective safari is as shitty as IE, because it creates its own standards and doesn't follow native official ones that chrome and Firefox does. But it's a domain of apple - let's create our own standard not compatible with anything else and force developers to code more, test more, debug more, and annoy them and users.
You really need to give a mention to Vivaldi - Made by people who used to work on Opera, and it definitely shows. You don't get all the built-in privacy features or the same speed as Brave, but it makes up for that in other built-in features and a TON of customisability for people who want more than the limitations of Chromium-based browsers.
Finally seeing Brave pop up in short reviews on tech channels everywhere! Cannot wait for this to increase more! :)
Why? I constantly see posts about Brave being good but nobody ever explains WHY they're the superior browser choice. At least with Firefox and Chrome people give a reason to use them. Even with Safari or Edge you at least have the excuse that it's the default browser on the OS and some people just don't care and want to get going without installing plug-ins. Even on this video I only see posts that suggest they're only shilling for Brave but everytime someone asks why the original poster(s) suddenly get quiet ...
@@Workingplayer53 It's the fast, saves battery on mobile, blocks ads and trackers by deafult, protects your privacy. All of this out of the box without any addons. Plus you can earn tokens which you can later use to tip your favourite content creators on the web.
Brave is just the Chrome browser with trackers disabled and many additional features. Imo if you were using Chrome before might as well make the switch.
Ryan Chapman-Coombs it’s based on Chromium, not Chrome. Most major web browsers are built on chromium including Chrome, Safari and Edge. I dont know what’s your point really.
@@muchacho19886 Oh yeah that's right. My point is that with all those additional features and privacy why even use chrome.
Imagine if they charged $60 for Chrome!
Browsers like Konqueror and Bromite would be the kings since they are free.
Then people would just switch to firefox
@@netbotcl586 Firefox is owned by a company. They gotta make money somehow.
@@frataltay4543 no its a not-for-profit organization
@@netbotcl586 I meant if they charged money for every browser
"Serve you the ads"
*laughs in uBlock Origin and anti-Google tracking link filter*
Same lol
Same, but disabled for UA-cam (I have Premium anyway)
How do you get the anti google link blocker
Laughs in opera
Just get Brave Browser at that point, Brave has those by default no ad block and anti tracker plugin
Why is it free to watch Techquickie?
Ads.
It’s a joke
Ads / sponsors / 10 mins long video
We are the product.
@@PineCone227_ But anyone who watches Linus enough has their double-tap-right game down tight.
"why web browsers are free"
Puffin Web Browser : O H
Apple rejected it 🙁. I am so angry for that rules using their monopolistic power.
And an app developer it’s saying it
@@ParadoxIsland Puffin, an app that we’re on the App Store, cause it was too free and better than safari and many people started using it (me too), Apple decided to remove that from the App Store
@snupo5 hmmm not real yet, have you ever used it constantly?
@@truestopguardatruestop164 yeah I used to use it for playing flash games, but it was shit and all they wanted was money.
In the next episode tell me why Telegram and Whatsapp are free
I actually wonder about telegram, Whatsapp is facebook tho, so I don't trust it.
oh, and air. why is that commodity free?
Telegram is running on durov's donation
Telegram has a whole page dedicated to telling you how they’re free. Hint: large donation
Telegram is client side open source which is paid for by Donations while WhatsApp is owned by Facebook and who knows where your "private data" is going...
"Chipmunks will bite your toes"......the hazards of wearing sandals.
Bro you comment on every video stoooop
@@jdmnissan So what, I don't see any harm in it and there are no rules saying he can't.
that's why you always wear socks when you wear sandals.
I just love the Dr. Evil-pinkie move whenever a "billion"-number is mentioned in the LTT videos
I fondly remember actually buying Netscape Communicator 4 on an 8cm CD that also had a single by one of the most popular singers in Taiwan at the time. That's four things (the singer, Netscape, 8cm CDs, and buying a browser) kids today will never experience.
Firefox has changed quite a lot since 2017 so you should probably use some newer statistics
It’s far more comfortable than Chrome, it also runs faster! 📸
True
glad i found the firefox gang, i still to this day dont understand why people use chrome
@TDN But your profile picture is basically the internet explorer icon?
@@alsuarecords7777 Although I don't like chrome, it is obvious that chrome has the best UX and design compared to firefox. The layout of toolbar icons of firefox is less neat compared with Edge, Chrome for example.
Netscape Navigator will always have a spot in my heart.
Ok Boomer
Jeff bruh
lmao never thought I would be called that 😅
@@Bronzos well we age ;-;
Then download Firefox, it's just Netscape Navigator renamed and reworked.
This man is the best at promoting companies, he switches the topic to the sponsors so dam well
Does anyone remember MSN Explorer? I actually paid for this back in 2002 because I felt it ran better and had a more intuitive interface than IE and was better integrated with MSN Messenger and other MSN services.
Brave has been by default browser since its release, and I love the built in ad-blocker
Liem Solow it's chromium based so you're still supporting the google monopoly :/
@@QualityDoggo And I use an Android phone, Google Maps, and fucking UA-cam. So first off, I don't really give a rats ass if I'm "supporting the monopoly." What am I gonna do about it, when several billion otber people support it? Second, I never said anything about not wanting to support Google. Yeah, I don't like them, but my use of Brave was a "fuck you Google" move. So get the fuck off UA-cam if ya hate Google so much
@@QualityDoggo Just use another search engine most of Google's profits come from it, isn't it?
I love Ecosia^^
Liem Solow monopoly over web browsers... not the company. Google owns Chromium which is currently behind every major browser except Firefox now that Edge switched. They can and have forced standards on websites that are not in the best interests of users but are for themselves; see mostly: AMP and the URL spoofing.
Brokkoli OMG yeah. Plus it's less creepy. DDG is my preference though.
Thanks for using the new Edge logo 😂👍
You know, I really like the new edge. It's fluid like chrome but uses less RAM 😂
@@JamesRussoMillas it's indeed usable
@@kristopherthompson1342 I think so. UI could look better but stability wise its king
@@kristopherthompson1342 And since it supports all the extensions, there's no real drawback.
@@JamesRussoMillas I genuinely loved new Edge. I went back to Firefox purely for privacy, but as a general experience I much preferred Edge
Seeing this 4 months later makes me feel weird coz Linus doesn't have his beard on lol
4:14 "Now that we've told you how all the big businesses advertise on the web, please watch our advert."
I have been using firefox for nearly 10 years now. Tried a few weeks ago chrome. Still stucking to firefox though
Currently the Firefox is only one realy alternative browser. I used it from 2005 to 2008, and return again from Chrome in 2012. Today Firefox looks a better browser for Windows, Linux and Android, I don't try it on the Mac or iOS because I don't use that OSes.
DuckDuckGo is where it is at!
True, make sure to use Adblock Plus with anti tracker & Bitfender's Anti Tracker
Ok Boomer ;)
@Имперский Защитник +1 for uBlock Origin, been working 100% fine for me for well over 3 years
I hate to say it, but I've used duckduckgo and even Bing, the search results are just no match for google.
Bro just edit your host file and your good
I'm old enough to remember Netscape, used it a lot in my younger years, also used Altavista as my search engine back then.
ok boomer.
@@19HajimeSaitou91 Bruh
@@e14ee
no u.
I still think Firefox's fall from grace was their struggle to made the browser multi-process and multithreaded. It hampered performance massively for almost a decade.
Firefox is good.
I go out of my way to make sure I use Firefox and DuckDuckGo
Firefox on my laptop and desktop. Its awkward on the handheld tho. Someday theyll get it right
Firefox is meh.
Firefox is a must for web developers. Firebug is now baked in natively since version 57 and has lots of features DevTools doesn't
@@alhuno1 that's factual
1:04 someone is watching the office
Someone is always watching The office!
Microsoft / Bing also has a rewards system for searching within Bing. They even do daily “Safari” hunts? and quizzes that force you to search within Bing for the answers.
I switched to Opera since it has some nice features like a quick drop-down list of your last closed tabs, so you can reopen them in any order, which, at least when I switched, others did not have.
Thanks for Brave and the heads-up on Opera!
Actually thought about this when i woke up today
UA-cam started to monitor thoughts as well?? 🤔🤔
@@bibekadhikari4357 o.O
Remember when Opera was Adware? The "free" version came with a small window that was showing ads continuously. Some hated it and others just learned to ignore anything happening in that part of the screen. You would however buy a key to disable the ads.
i feel like this was the one time Linus could've legitimately segued smoothly to an ad. he dropped that ball HARD.
He drops everything though.
The original developers of Opera went to make Vivaldi instead (based on chrome as well) with the intent to rebuild disappeared features from Opera in time, so if you liked old Opera you may want to check it out
I use brave
Brave is the best Browser
@@talhabicer8100 ikr
ok
Ew
Too
Netscape was available for legally free download starting with version 3, which was in 1996.
nice to see Brave getting a shoutout
Good points Linus. This is a lot of great info and makes sense. Especially considering that I forgot I had to pay for a browser at one point of my life.
Also the “Hey let’s shake hands on this” deals are interesting between Apple and Google.
They got enough info about you while you browsing and think that you're safe out there...
Every person in the internet is worth it about $65...
@Matthew W likewise
Man firefox doesn't get enough recognition for how awesome FF is as a browser
3:05 I highly suspect this episode was created to endorse this sponsorship.
But I have no proof. 🙁
Brave browser is great! Ad blocker included and so far I have made 25 usd using it.
@@ryanchapman2962 Not only adblocker but tracker blocking too, was using DuckDuckGo extension on Firefox to do the same thing but its nice when its built in
@@ryanchapman2962 been using it for 6 months, my uphold looking good with a fat $40usd in it
As an avid Opera user I'm sad hearing this.
Brave and Vivaldi are great Chromium-based alternatives. Either that or Firefox ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I use Firefox. No reason to give crome more market share, help us out to keep the internet from becoming made by Google...
I still like Opera. Maybe it seems selfish of me, but unless the problem people have with something also affects me, as well, I'm not really bothered by it; therefore, I'm still cool with using Opera. I use Firefox or Brave if I ever need to, for whatever reason.
The new Edge is great
I haven't used opera since they killed presto
Haven't watched this video yet and I already know, it's because *_You Are The Product._*
Thanks. As always informative
Someone made a web manga about the different browsers personified as anime girls (including Tor and the various search engines). It's called simply "Internet Explorer". They're mostly just three-panel jokes and later the history of the internet is used as plot points. I learned about the Morris worm being the first major virus to infect the internet through that series.
2:43
Dr. Evil: Twelve Billion Dollars. (Brings-pinky-to-corner-of-mouth)
was looking for the Dr. Evil shout out.
Well because if you don't pay for a product, your personal info is a product ;)
Example Example firefox uses google by default, so your personal information is indirectly the product
@@uttiya10 Only if you actually use Google as your search engine though.
i use firefox and duckduckgo
@Богдан Кондратов They won't care about your personal information until they will have a reason to. But they'll still hog it just for that occasion. They know everything about what you do and who you are. I don't exactly trust them not to have ulterior motives considering the alphabet soup they rose from.
I remember the good 'ol times installing Opera cracked because they were the best browser around but it was a paid browser, with 30 days limit and all. Later (v. 6 I believe?) they enabled ads in-browser. Not in the pages, in the browser. This was way before web ads.
I use Opera and i love it. Keeping tabs open even after restarting your PC is awesome :D.
Chrome and Firefox both also automatically reopen all your tabs if you restart.
Lmao every single browser has that feature.
I always use Firefox, sometimes Brave.
Exactly the same, with Duckduckgo as my main search engine
Don't forget to also use, privacy badger, ublock and private DNS (your own or failing that cloudflare). TL:Dr become the least monetisable user as possible
@@SirFlukealot Thanks !
Same here. Can't ditch Firefox because of the synchronization feature (I have tons of bookmarks lol).
Using Ecosia as search engine👌🏼
@@brokkoliomg6103 ecosia searcher here too 👏🌳🌲
Why is Firefox declining in popularity? I love my RAM :P
i totally gave up chrome about a year ago and only use firefox. no regerts
I don't know, I've switched back to firefox few years ago, and honestly I don't see the need to switch from it.
Brad Haines same
cause people are stupid
Because RAM is getting cheaper
I remember buying "Netscape Navigator GOLD edition." Big retail box and everything.
Here's a question I would like answered: Why does my windows 10 computer experience internet breaking errors and bugs whenever there's an update available, and refuse to work again until the update is installed?
2:44 doctor evil reference :D
Is this brave browser a big thing? or do we have to be brave to use it?
i'm seriously interested.
I use it on my iphone and PC I love it
I've recommended it to family and friends. In combo with duckduckgo it makes a fantastic experience. Wave goodbye to ads and trackers.
In my opinion, Brave is the option if you like Chrome (Chromium) style simplicity but want some actual privacy, while Vivaldi is the one to go for if you like Opera-style built-in features and maximum customisability. Whatever you use, just get off Google where possible and switch to DuckDuckGo for not just better privacy, but search results that are not manipulated to meet the expectations of Google's corporate culture.
Since you brought up Opera I was really hoping you'd mention Vivaldi, which is made by the original creators of Opera after they were kicked out by share holders, and has all the features that Opera keeps removing.
Outstanding lectures sir
I use Firefox. Does that make me a good or bad person?
I use Brave for mobile browser. I think FF is slow for android. But it is pretty good for pc
@Имперский Защитник pretty much this
@Имперский Защитник Because google is evil, but companies who profit from deals with google are squeaky clean?
@@elcan6426 On android from my experience Firefox is a bit faster than Chrome and Opera, but mobile browsing still sucks. Haven't tried Brave yet
It makes you dumb and BAD person, because chrome is open source plus google's android is open source too. In addition to it google chrome is a lot better than firebox in browsing experience, also its relatively faster and less buggy and glitchy unlike firefox full of bugs and security vulnerabilities. Firefox's cheap developers don't know shit about developing softwares. Google developers are highest quality software developers in the world.
When you said Google my phone's assistant activated lol
Bit of an off topic but the little line about student loans made me think about this. There is a proposal floating around for a loan where instead of paying off a loan amount you pay a % of your income over a specific amount for a designated time so a bank may look at your income and say “ok you want £20,000 and in a year you’re estimated to get 30,000. ok how does 10% above 10,000 Per calendar year for 11 years sound payed monthly .” If your Changes you still pay the % but the amount you pay is less
I've been using brave for probably the last 3-4 months. Really liking it...
Apple & Google: **fighting**
Also-
Google: Hey Apple, can you put my search engine in your web browser?
Apple: Why would I do that?
Google: Reasons.
Apple: Pay me and I'll do it.
Google: Okay then. **throws $12 billion**
Apple: ._.'
Brave gang here!
For the Tor built right in.
I just installed it on my laptop yesterday and my desktop today, getting a kickback for wasting my time online is nice. Especially when I'm already doing a lot of stuff with crypto in browsers
Yes!!!
oh yeah here we are
Ye
If you want to block ads,block it from the host file on windiws
Me with Brave : *signature look of superiority*
Torr browser and Firefox is the best combo.
Amen
Amen bro with DuckDuckGo as the search for Firefox
DuckDuckGo gang rise up!
@Имперский Защитник Was partially bought by an ad company. Startpage is not considered safe anymore.
Here
A pulse way ad containing Linus on a Linus video
I used Opera on Windows 10 and it is great. Smooth, free vpn and friendly user interface
@Vasta yeah. On an old, 4gb ram laptop
Was expecting to hear lttstore.com at the end there
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Chrome also takes alot of memory to run, Brave all the way.
Opera and Microsoft Edge user here. I have long left Chrome and not missing it one bit.
I remember paying for a copy of Netscape Navigator back in the late 90's.
0:19 "Do they just hate money? Of course not" (they love money)
Me: just like you...
No one company doesn’t want money.. Some are better at hiding it. Samsung probably makes more money from selling screens to Apple than from all their Flagships combined..
I use Brave on Android and Firefox on PC. Never gonna touch Chrome.
I used it a while, but the not working sync is a dealbreaker! I´m now back on chrome until its fixed...
@@Nero_XY there's Firefox for mobile, too...
@@zamundaaa776 I know, but I like the chrome engine;)
Wow i got a ltt ad while warching this nice
At this point Linus can make any word into a segue into a sponsor section.
"How that works. Speaking of how that works....." LMFAO
After watching this video, I couldn't recognize that one of those four browsers was Microsoft Edge. Like holy shit, it looks like the style of FireFox and Chrome now.
The new version of Edge has shifted over to the Chromium open-source-based engine, so you essentially get many of the positives of the Chrome browser, but the ability to choose to avoid as much as possible the Google intrusions into your privacy - switching to Microsoft peeking into your business instead, but hey! ;)
Edge is a fork of Chrome. Chrome is a fork of Safari, and Safari is a fork of Konqueror.
Firefox is way to slow for me to use now personally, so I'm trying out Edge
Maybe your PC is too slow or you got some sorta virus, cause Edge is a pretty slow browser, and firefox/chrome are the fastest on the market
@@Freef_01 The new Edge is slower than Chrome? Hmm..
@Da Squirrel It's probably a bit slower because Chrome is Google's own Browser, and Edge still lags at the beginning due to the newsfeed and isn't as optimized as Chrome
Me: type 's'.
My browser: did you mean thesun.com?
Shoutout to Malaysia on the google maps screenshot...
I'd love to see a company (like Firefox) introduce an option for a paid version of their browser, and market it as a privacy feature, kind of like what they're planning on doing with ad-free browsing
*Ads*
Saved you time but still watch the vid it’s interesting
Opera is the real deal. It just works better all around. It has integrated WhatsApp, Messenger and RSS Feeds integrated in a sidebar, default Ad Blocking also integrated, Snapshots, Speed-dial folders... It beats all the others.
all web browsers uses cookies to gather data from us and sell them to other companies... here in the Philippines it sucks because some ads are redirecting to LAZADA in Google play store..
Wait...what?
Web browsers are free now?
Brave is by far my favorite. I highly recommend it.
Mxdanger I tried it and honestly it’s lacking a ton compared to its competitors
@@brandon_nope why brave?
I thought the thumbnail was rick astley for a split-second so my eyes rickrolled me
Recently found out about the whole Opera loan business and how the company is owned by a group of Chinese firms now. Switched to Vivaldi which is made by the co-founder of opera