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Anonymous
Why is there no offline standalone installer for Brave? 03/05/26(Thu)14:24:25 No.108301343

Why is there no offline standalone installer for Brave? Anonymous 03/05/26(Thu)14:24:25 No.108301343 [Reply]▶

I like to keep an offline installer of my browsers for make it easier to setup my computers after a reformat, but Brave doesn't have an offline installer, only their web based.

Why is it so hard for software makers to just provide a direct link to an offline installer instead of having to rely on an online one?

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Anonymous
03/05/26(Thu)15:10:20 No.108301604

Anonymous 03/05/26(Thu)15:10:20 No.108301604▶

>>108301343
The big file is the offline installer.

Anonymous
03/05/26(Thu)16:56:18 No.108302370

Anonymous 03/05/26(Thu)16:56:18 No.108302370▶

>>108301343
Because Brave is proprietary software, it doesn't have reproducible binaries which means the "source code" is unrelated to the software and binaries. Brave is non-free closed spyware black box.

Anonymous
03/05/26(Thu)18:18:14 No.108303066

Anonymous 03/05/26(Thu)18:18:14 No.108303066▶

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>>108301343
the online installer would be more desirable in that instance because you won't need to update after reinstall.

Anonymous
03/05/26(Thu)18:19:14 No.108303073

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>>108301343
I don't know or care
>>108302370
My package manager of choice compiles from the repo THOUGH

Anonymous
03/05/26(Thu)20:40:52 No.108304039

Anonymous 03/05/26(Thu)20:40:52 No.108304039▶

>>108303073
It is not possible ( https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5830 ) or if you "do this", the end result is not Brave and instead is some sort of Chromium mess unrelated to Brave.

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