A lot of questions regarding differences between the old site's recommended tools and the new ones

[TechPro424]

I realized only today that that the old privacytools.io website has been replaced by Privacy Guides

I have quite a few questions, and have decided to create just 1 discussion for all those as there would otherwise be a lot of discussions
Please let me know if I am supposed to move each question to its own discussion.

1. In the old website, the description on Brave states that it is "not a popular choice within the privacy community". Is this claim still valid?
   

2. What are the reasons for removing the following recommendations?
   a) LessPass password manager
   b) The "Privacy and Security Tools for Windows 10 and 11" section
   c) The "Android Keyboard Alternatives That Respect Your Privacy" section
   d) The "Open Source Torrent Clients without Ads and Tracking" section

[flexagoon]

1. Some people spread FUD and conspiracies about Brave, and also not everyone likes the cryptocurrency stuff that Brave has. Because of that, some people don't like Brave. But it is still pretty popular in the privacy space.

a) Dererministic stateless password managers are not great. Read this article for example: https://tonyarcieri.com/4-fatal-flaws-in-deterministic-password-managers

b) This section is being re-made from scratch privacyguides/privacyguides.org#1380

c) See https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/discussions/758#discussioncomment-2564174

d) This isn't really related to privacy

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In general, after the move from PTIO to PG, the recommendations on the website are now much more practical and objective. This is very noticeable in the browser section for example - PTIO sugessts you to install a million of useless extensions that'll only decrease your privacy. PG doesn't, and instead gives better advice on configuring the browser.

PTIO is now run by a guy who doesn't know anything about what he's talking about, and half of the recommendations on that website are affiliate links which the owner gets paid for. Don't use that website.

[jonaharagon]

What are the reasons for removing the following recommendations?

We didn't remove anything, these categories were added to privacytools.io well after the switch to privacyguides.org by a team entirely unrelated to us.