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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 zrobotics »

jsjddbbwj wrote: post #51

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.

I don't use it on desktop, but it's the best android browser I have used. For whatever reason, Firefox is a battery hog on my current phone, so I switched to brave. Although I agree with this article, the crypto model they have is scammy at best.

I should really switch browsers on my phone; while brave works OK the fact that their revenue model is broken should signal that they will likely need to do something shady in the future. I never opted in to BAT simply because I figured that maybe 1% of the sites I visit would be opted in to the program. Plus, I'm not going back to watching ads.

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

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Post by jsjddbbwj »

zrobotics wrote: post #71
jsjddbbwj wrote: post #51

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.

I don't use it on desktop, but it's the best android browser I have used. For whatever reason, Firefox is a battery hog on my current phone, so I switched to brave. Although I agree with this article, the crypto model they have is scammy at best. I should really switch browsers on my phone; while brave works OK the fact that their revenue model is broken should signal that they will likely need to do something shady…

Maybe try Edge.

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

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Post by mrtksn »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #67
unnouinceput wrote: post #60

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?

Yes. I use safari on both, never see any ads and often get disappointed that I can’t be outraged when a post pops up about how we can see how FB/Google tracks us.

On mac I use adGuard, in iOS I use Refine content blocker.

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

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Post by syllable_studio »

Hey there @rudism, I'm glad you found out about Brave, thanks for sharing about it! You should consider verifying yourself as a brave publisher so we can tip you on this platform that you're "not going to use any time soon" :)

My brave browser tells me: " rudism.com: Not yet verified This creator has not yet signed up to receive contributions from Brave users. Any tips you send will remain in your wallet until they verify. "

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

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Post by Proziam »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #57
staticvoidmaine wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that it’s convertible into USD and other “real” currencies, how do you expect this line of reasoning to hold?

Did you read the article? Inventing a currency out of thin air so they can mint as many dollars as they want and you and other geniuses can form a secondary market where all of you can trade it is the genius of brave and the point of this article. Instead of paying you, they make their own currency and pay you. You can make some money off of it in the secondary market because some other idiot thinks it's worth actual…

So, cutting through your negativity, it's worth money? Whether or not you like it is one thing, but it inarguably has a monetary value.

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

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Post by faitswulff »

webmobdev wrote: post #68
unnouinceput wrote: post #60

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).

As a casual uBlock user, what does uMatrix give you that uBlock Origin doesn’t?

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

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Post by shim__ »

fullstop wrote: post #42
woutr_be wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

You can cash out through Uphold. KYC rules apply.

You can also swap it for any other coin on the ethereum chain on uniswap https://uniswap.exchange/swap

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

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Post by songshuu »

hiccuphippo wrote: post #38

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 contro…

All your questions are answered here : https://brave.com/privacy/

tldr; Brave as a 'single ad network' does not end up 'receiving 100% of information' because the overwhelming majority of that data stays on your machine, where it belongs.

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

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Post by dghughes »

faitswulff wrote: post #77
webmobdev wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

As a casual uBlock user, what does uMatrix give you that uBlock Origin doesn’t?

uMatrix gives you a drop down that shows a grid showing css, scripts, media, cookies, images,frames, XHR, other. Blocked by default you allow what you want.

I'm still figuring it out but it's more granular than merely off or on.

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