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The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by latchkey »

katsura wrote: post #29
latchkey wrote: post #28

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Oh really? That's interesting... any documentation on this?

Yes, here: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026361072-Bra... > In the initial Brave Ads release, users receive BAT for viewing the ad notifications. In future releases, users will be able to earn additional rewards for engagement events within the ad tabs. Brave does not reward users for clicking on the notifications. Brave’s position is that users should only click on ads that they have a genuine inter…

Sweet! You just saved me some clicking. Thanks!

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by wp381640 »

robpal wrote: post #12
wp381640 wrote: post #8

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They can move across Omni, Liquid, Tron, EOS or any other more scalable chain or layer - it's what Tether has done

Actually, Tether moved most of their tokens from Omni to the Ethereum blockchain. $2.7B of usdt are in circulation as erc20 tokens.

point still stands though - tokens aren't limited to ERC20

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by woutr_be »

latchkey wrote: post #20

I've been clicking the desktop ad notifications like a madman. Earning BAT, then taking that BAT and converting it to an interest bearing stable coin token in DeFi (~8%). Some of the BAT I earn, I also convert into ETH so I can pay for gas, making my transactions 'free'. It has been a fun experiment in playing with this stuff, but it certainly isn't going to make me rich or anything.

I thought you could only use the earned BAT to pay creators? Or has it changed?

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by e12e »

rectang wrote: post #23
jackewiehose wrote: post #14

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Interesting... I find it absolutely terrible. White monospace font on a black background - no thanks. Without reader mode I wouldn't stay a second on such a page.

You're not alone. The book "Type and Layout" by Colin Wheildon describes a "readability" experiment measuring the impact of various typographical techniques on whether subjects comprehend a magazine article. Light text on black background performed abysmally. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1875750223 (Naturally I believe people who say white-on-black works for them, but I don't believe that preference is universal…

Print and screen are not the same - as print is reflective, while screens are typically a light source. E-ink is closer to (low resolution, poor quality paper) print.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by hiccuphippo »

What kind of information from the user does Brave hold and/or give to their ad publishers? And for how long? You are going from a situation where many ad networks receive pieces of information (ok, google 90% of the time) to a single ad network receiving 100% of information, which I don't think is good. Not to mention Brave becomes the gatekeeper of which content publishers receive BAT and I remember there was controversy over them banning someone's account because they didn't like the content.

I'll stick with uBlock, thanks.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by ccmcarey »

skrebbel wrote: post #36
boudin wrote: post #11

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The nightly build only for now

Huh? Fwiw I've run firefox mobile on Android with ublock origin for at least a year now.

I believe they're referring to the preview browser, not the current one. The preview is only starting to support extensions again.

Re: The Brave browser is brilliant, but probably not for the reasons you think

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Post by upofadown »

rectang wrote: post #23
jackewiehose wrote: post #14

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Interesting... I find it absolutely terrible. White monospace font on a black background - no thanks. Without reader mode I wouldn't stay a second on such a page.

You're not alone. The book "Type and Layout" by Colin Wheildon describes a "readability" experiment measuring the impact of various typographical techniques on whether subjects comprehend a magazine article. Light text on black background performed abysmally. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1875750223 (Naturally I believe people who say white-on-black works for them, but I don't believe that preference is universal…

Was this on some sort of glowing screen? Or white paper surrounded by a lot of black ink?

Like anything else, you would have to have sufficient practice with light on dark to be able to be good at it. Light on dark is known to be better for people with contrast decreasing visual problems. Black on white is generally lower contrast as the large bright areas tend to bleed into the tiny text areas.

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