--- title: "The browser monopoly is in big trouble..." url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-browser-monopoly-is-in-big-trouble--iiuphm0w9 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_vgIs8keZY type: video:youtube source: "Awesome" published: 2025-10-09T10:28:26.012Z updated: 2025-10-09T10:28:46.526Z tags: ["privacy", "browsers", "chromium"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 99 comments: 18 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The browser monopoly is in big trouble... **[Awesome](https://daily.dev/sources/awesome-coding)** · 5 min read · 99 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary Brave browser has reached 100 million monthly active users by prioritizing privacy and performance. Built on Chromium, it blocks ads and trackers at the browser level, resulting in up to 3x faster page loads. Brave operates its own independent search index (one of only three in the western world), offers a privacy-focused business model with opt-in ads that reward users with tokens, and is developing AI capabilities with strict context isolation. The browser's growth accelerated 50% in the EU following the Digital Markets Act, demonstrating that users actively choose privacy-first alternatives when given the option. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ddlele** · 11 upvotes > brave is great ! haven't used anything else for a while now, and it's unlikely I'm going back 😃 **@thecodingsapien** · 5 upvotes > I just love the tor vpn it has and watching youtube with no ads **@kuker** · 2 upvotes > Brave is really good. I just wish they would remove some of the bloat that comes with it. Although to be fair - You can easily disable features that you don't like. > > That being said I use primarily **Zed**, because it's Firefox based, but it's better than Firefox in almost every way. I don't want to support the Chromium monopoly. **@jepudev2** · 1 upvotes > Switched to brave before and was happy with it until i encountered a bug where the only fix was to reset the entire browser, had this happen twice. not fond of having to setup my logins all over again so i just left. **@chelmix** · 1 upvotes > Their mobile version lacks a carousel for tab switching, this is the only thing that makes me stay on Opera ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Brave browser passes 100 million monthly active users](https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-passes-100-million-monthly-active-users-ckaoxflk6) · Brave · 347 upvotes · 39 comments - [The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari](https://daily.dev/posts/the-browser-wars-aren-t-about-search-anymore-here-are-the-best-alternatives-to-chrome-and-safari-wf0mhbmhb) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari](https://daily.dev/posts/the-browser-wars-aren-t-about-search-anymore-here-are-the-best-alternatives-to-chrome-and-safari-nn9fv8pt9) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#chromium](https://daily.dev/tags/chromium) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-browser-monopoly-is-in-big-trouble--iiuphm0w9)