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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

#61

being in the camp of "nothing ever good comes from adds", I've never considered Brave. A browser is a remote code execution engine for attacker-controlled content. Looking at their bounties on H1 https://hackerone.com/brave/hacktivity they are still solving problems which Mozilla and Google have researched and extinguished long ago. I don't trust Brave to get the security right. Also Ethereum is a scam and doesn't sc…

>Ethereum is a scam and doesn't scale

baseless

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

#63

I never really looked into BAT and only use Brave on mobile (mostly then as its UI for its javascript switch is far better than dealing with uMatrix on firefox mobile). I had no idea that the whole thing is yet another altcoin IPO with excellent marketing. They really must be laughing all the way to the bank...

> I had no idea that the whole thing is yet another altcoin IPO with excellent marketing. Excellent marketing and a useful product with widespread appeal. It's weird that you focus on the coin as if it was the primary goal. It's merely a means to an end, and one of the best real-world uses of cryptocurrency that I've seen.

Not to mention, if someone manages to make a useful product that benefits users and makes themselves money isn't that exactly what we want? Rarely do incentives align with consumers these days.

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

#64
post #6

One of the problems with BAT is that ERC20 doesn't scale so as they get more users, they will need to cut back on the frequency of payments. Also, a lot of that value is absorbed by the Ethereum network as transaction fees (GAS).

Isn't that a temporary problem though? With ETH 2 launching probably by the end of the year?

It is temporary. Any suggestion to the contrary usually comes from a BTC maximalist who fears his investment in a 'digital-gold' is in jeopardy from a network which is actually achieving useful things.

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

#66

Am I the only one who uses brave with all bat stuff off? It's a fork of chromium that's up to date, completely open source, ad blocking and fingerprinting defeating built-in, reader mode, etc. Chrome but just better.

Wait there is a reader mode?

There’s a flag for a built in reader mode on Chromium. It’s not very good, but it does work.

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

#67

Quote: "You’re going to be browsing the web anyway; you’re going to be inundated with ads anyway;" Naaaah, Firefox with uBlock Origins and Privacy Badger makes sure I don't see ads, but thank you for trying.

Can a similar level of privacy be reached through extensions with Safari on iOS or Chrome on Mac?

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

#68

Quote: "You’re going to be browsing the web anyway; you’re going to be inundated with ads anyway;" Naaaah, Firefox with uBlock Origins and Privacy Badger makes sure I don't see ads, but thank you for trying.

Exactly - add uMatrix to the picture and it decreases page load time and gives you even more control over what can load in a website. I am tired of this constant social media promotion of this clone of a browser that is built to support the online advertising industry (an industry that constantly "innovates" to violate our privacy while irritating us in the process).

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

#69

Am I the only one who uses brave with all bat stuff off? It's a fork of chromium that's up to date, completely open source, ad blocking and fingerprinting defeating built-in, reader mode, etc. Chrome but just better.

Same

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

#70

Quote: "You’re going to be browsing the web anyway; you’re going to be inundated with ads anyway;" Naaaah, Firefox with uBlock Origins and Privacy Badger makes sure I don't see ads, but thank you for trying.

this. so much this. the web is so clean with firefox, everytime I read these kind of articles or people complaining I'm like "what are you talking about?"
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