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I think Brave has the ability to save the web, it has a great model of blocking ads by default, at a lower level than the extensions do so it is much faster. I think Opera had/has this too.
Sure, Brave can block ads, but isn't the browser exploring injecting its own advertisements?
Why so many links to Brave on HN, is it astroturfing?
The discussion in this thread makes me wonder if Brave is a good browser to recommend to friends & family. The widespread usage of Chrome was probably largely in part due to folks like us recommending it to friends & family.
Ah yes, Brave, the browser founded by the homophobic Brendan Eich. Lets continue to validate this odious individual. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/brendan-eich-homoph... Why so many links to Brave on HN, is it astroturfing?
I'm gay and I think you're over-reacting. Just my opinion - not trying to pretend like I represent all male male lovers.
Ah yes, Brave, the browser founded by the homophobic Brendan Eich. Lets continue to validate this odious individual. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/brendan-eich-homoph... Why so many links to Brave on HN, is it astroturfing?
Ah yes, Brave, the browser founded by the homophobic Brendan Eich. Lets continue to validate this odious individual. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/04/brendan-eich-homoph... Why so many links to Brave on HN, is it astroturfing?
That doesn't make him a homophobe, that makes him someone that opposes same sex marriage because of his religious beliefs.
People seem to constantly conflate opposition to Same Sex marriage with Homophobia. Sure I suspect that many homophobes are opposed to same sex marriage, but many libertarians are opposed to it because they don't believe Government should have anything to do with marriage that doesn't make them homophobes.
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Switched from Firefox to Brave in the last year across devices and not looking back (though I do miss containers!). Blocking ads and trackers by default is pretty much essential in 2019. The myth about ad replacement doesn't seem to want to die though! There is no ad replacement, though the roadmap says at some time in the future publishers who opt-in will have the option to have their ad-slots filled by Brave's priv…
I just use Firefox with uBlock Origin on all my devices. Better blocking than Brave and no concerns about future monetization.
Future monetization: that was actually an incentive for me. Having been in the belly of the beast on ad-tech I'm cheering the new ad model Brave proposes for the industry.
If you're not aware how messed up the industry currently is, keep an eye on Ad Fraud Historian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acfou.
On the crypto front, proposing ideas like staking / slashing on their extension store for extension authors is also very interesting: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1143630584310202369
The new browser wars are certainly spurring innovation again: good for everyone regardless of personal browser preferences.
The discussion in this thread makes me wonder if Brave is a good browser to recommend to friends & family. The widespread usage of Chrome was probably largely in part due to folks like us recommending it to friends & family.
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>There is controversy about how Brave does stuff, and I agree there is some sketchy stuff they are doing I would be more open to trying/using brave if someone respectable packaged it. As of writing, not a single distro packages it. It would lower my barrier to entry a lot if it were packaged by debian/fedora/f-droid. It doesn't imply anything serious, just that it can be built from source and that it passed the distr…
If they care about both a fast development cycle and rapid adoption then spending time getting an official package for Debian/etc. makes no sense. > It doesn't imply anything serious, just that it can be built from source and that it passed the distro's basic diligence and guidelines. For a modern web browser it probably doesn't achieve the latter. Both Chromium and Firefox are too complex for Debian's meager backpor…