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If you are replacing the content creator ads with your own, there is absolutely no reason to have ads enabled at all.
I installed Brave when it first came out as the ad plan sounded very interesting. There was another attempt using bitcoin in the browser to 'bypass' ads, but unfortunately, it wasn't have been successful (in the network effect sense) I'm still waiting for the LastPass option :)
I see some potential for what could be. But, I don't see the value proposition for the average consumer. I just don't think there's enough value in what they're offering, to be a major breakthrough that will revolutionize the internet. I see it as more of a niche offering.
The only people I know who care about ads and have them enabled do so because they feel they must reward the content creators. If you are replacing the content creator ads with your own, there is absolutely no reason to have ads enabled at all.
I installed Brave when it first came out as the ad plan sounded very interesting. There was another attempt using bitcoin in the browser to 'bypass' ads, but unfortunately, it wasn't have been successful (in the network effect sense) I'm still waiting for the LastPass option :)
Lastpass is available in the latest version I have (0.11.1). However, it doesn't get a menu icon anywhere in the title bar. You have to use the right-click contextual menu to use it if autofill fails.
Shouldn't a browser working the other way round should be implemented : you can not use any adblocker but in exchange of your eyeballs usage you get a small percentage of the ads costs ?
also "eyeball usage" sounds about as dystopian as "human resources" :D
Last time I looked at Brave, it was replacing some served ads with its own ads. I do not think that's ok.
And I think a site's ToS could potentially forbid this and thus provide an avenue to sue either you, Brave or both. Aside from that, I don't think the "my device, my choice" adblock arguments go here. I think it's pretty obviously immoral.
YOU have NO right to determine what I do with it after you send it to me. It is pointless to think that rules regarding that can be enforced anyways. To me that is the reality of the situation, its like we are debating if gravity should pull us down or not.
Edit: for civility (with lack of sleep as the excuse).
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I think that's very much ok. At least someone is paying attention to the ads, and curating them so they're not the same awful ads we've been getting. If the current browsers cared anything about our viewing experience we would never get kicked into the app store, or bombarded by some autoplay video, but we do and it's not stopping. Bring on Brave.
In my opinion, replacing ads is worse than simply ad-blocking. Imagine a scenario where a replaced ad actually degraded the website's performance more so than the website's own ads, which is not all that far-fetched, and users end up blaming the website for having crappy ads. Additionally, what if Google and Mozilla started doing that with their browsers, would you still be okay with it?
In any case its easy to turn off. In my experience any user who can't do that is the type that doesn't care either way.
Internet users with browsers full of bitcoin... what could possibly go wrong?
oooh scary.