# A Brave new browser

By [Mickey Mellen](https://paragraph.com/@mickey-mellen) · 2024-06-03

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[**A Brave new browser**](https://www.mickmel.com/a-brave-new-browser/)

As I’m [slowly shedding the Google services in my life](https://www.mickmel.com/the-four-ways-google-is-failing/), I recently made a fairly big move and switched from Google Chrome to the [Brave browser](https://brave.com/). If you’re wanting something more privacy-focused, Brave is likely the best way to go because it’s very similar to Chrome.

There are other great browsers, including [Arc](https://arc.net/) and [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) (and many more), but they all have their own special features. That’s not a bad thing, but if you’ve used Chrome for many years Brave will feel awfully close to home.

Brave runs on [Chromium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_\(web_browser\)), the open-source software that powers Chrome, but they use it in a very privacy-focused way. It can import all of your bookmarks and passwords, and it’s really a very easy transition.

I encourage you to [download it and give it a shot](https://brave.com/), as it’s free to use and there’s no downside to giving it a test drive. Your privacy will thank you for it.

**Have you moved to Brave or any alternative browser yet?**

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*Originally published on [Mickey Mellen](https://paragraph.com/@mickey-mellen/a-brave-new-browser)*