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Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by freitasm »

And yet, one of the main features to benefit publishers is dead on arrival - for example I get paid by Google AdSense about 300 times more than Brave's Basic Attention Token on a monthly basis. They do a great job at blocking ads. They do a good job at pushing their own crypto ads but their Brave Rewards idea of rewarding publishers based on a monthly contribution from the community never quite worked because, really people want to block ads and are not interested in paying for the content via a wallet that requires you to exchange hard cash for tokens that you can't withdraw and can't control where it goes.

Actually moved from being a long time Google Chrome user to Edge Chromium.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by zionic »

Krasnol wrote: post #8
zionic wrote: post #4

Good. Brave is a solid browser. As someone who used Firefox continuously from when it used to be called “Mozilla” until early 2020 Brave is vastly superior. -better UI/UX -awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions -noticeably faster -free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox. Edit: since when do I need to Reddit space here? Maybe I don’t post lists enough and…

> -awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions You make it sound like the "need for extensions" is something bad while having the choice and control over what Ublock blocks is something far more superior than some build in ad-blocker provided by an ad-company. > free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox. I don't see how exchanging it to the shady business practi…

I don’t like giving questionable 3rd parties full access to my browsing data. I’d rather the browser get that right from the get go.

It’s just like AV, I want Microsoft/Apple to secure their shit and not “Norton”

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by belter »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #20
belter wrote: post #17

Vivaldi is the better option. Please change my mind.

Closed source is a deal-breaker for some of us.

Fair comment. However Vivaldi provides this https://vivaldi.com/source/

And I guess if you just download Brave you dont know from which source code was built.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by hunterb123 »

belter wrote: post #17

Vivaldi is the better option. Please change my mind.

This is about Brave. Change my mind Vivaldi is better if you want to assert your opinion.

Tor, Webtorrent support are nice. Not sure if Vivaldi does this.

edit: No I doubt it's about someone's emotional hissy fit post w/ 18.1k views and 31 likes.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by belter »

hunterb123 wrote: post #26
belter wrote: post #17

Vivaldi is the better option. Please change my mind.

This is about Brave. Change my mind Vivaldi is better if you want to assert your opinion. Tor, Webtorrent support are nice. Not sure if Vivaldi does this. edit: No I doubt it's about someone's emotional hissy fit post w/ 18.1k views and 31 likes.

Maybe its the issue of trust? https://community.brave.com/t/why-i-stopped-using-brave-brow...

Edit: No really...its the issue of trust to start with:

"On 6 June 2020, a Twitter user pointed out that Brave inserts affiliate referral codes when users type a URL of Binance into the address bar, which earns Brave money. Further research revealed that Brave redirects the URLs of other cryptocurrency exchange websites, too. In response to the backlash from the users, Brave's CEO apologized and called it a "mistake" and said "we're correcting..."

"Controversies" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#Controvers...

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by _yoqn »

I think Brave is a GREAT option for this scenario:

Typical Chrome user decides they want to start moving away from Google. They rely on a ton of Chrome extensions so don't want to switch to Firefox or Safari or some other walled garden.

Brave is a good drop in replacement for Chrome as it's compatible with the app store and runs on Chromium.

Add uBlock Origin and EFF Privacy Badger, they're in great ad-blocking shape.

The ads are opt-out, Brave Rewards is also opt-out and you can even turn off the button for it in the app tray. You can stop the "new tab" ads and also turn off the "cards" for their crypto stuff.

I heard allegations of including their own affiliate links in typed URLs. I don't care one iota. If it doesn't raise my price then that's between Brave and whatever company.

I don't care if they are destroying the internet ad industry. There are more important things to worry about like not letting my personal or professional life become the subject of nation state spy campaigns and Big Tech overlordship.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by emptybottle »

zionic wrote: post #4

Good. Brave is a solid browser. As someone who used Firefox continuously from when it used to be called “Mozilla” until early 2020 Brave is vastly superior. -better UI/UX -awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions -noticeably faster -free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox. Edit: since when do I need to Reddit space here? Maybe I don’t post lists enough and…

I use Brave as an alternative to chrome, for sites that only work right in chrome.

Its not perfect. The business model raises my eyebrows, but then again so does google’s. And I’m not thrilled with what mozilla is putting out.

I’d love to find an alternative without the ads/crypto but for now its been a solid browser.

Re: Brave Passes 50M Monthly Active User

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Post by lotsofpulp »

zionic wrote: post #23
Krasnol wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> -awesome ad block built in and by default, no need for extensions You make it sound like the "need for extensions" is something bad while having the choice and control over what Ublock blocks is something far more superior than some build in ad-blocker provided by an ad-company. > free of the political WTF-tier decisions of the organization backing Firefox. I don't see how exchanging it to the shady business practi…

I don’t like giving questionable 3rd parties full access to my browsing data. I’d rather the browser get that right from the get go. It’s just like AV, I want Microsoft/Apple to secure their shit and not “Norton”

Isn’t Brave the questionable 3rd party? And Safari/Edge the better option based on that reasoning.
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