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minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoLiterally nothing will get me to use this crypto scam of a browser.
minus-squaredarkkite@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·2 months agoI’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat sounds like fear mongering, but ok.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoBrave was found to inject crypto referral links into your clicks url auto complete. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/brave-affiliate-links-autocomplete
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThe fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn’t opt in though…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAlso, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoUh… no? It just puts sponsored backgrounds when you open new tabs or windows notifications if you opt-in It never replaced ads in websites afaik
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agohttps://ads.brave.com/ They’re not actively replacing elements on a web page, but they’re still getting paid to show you ads and you can opt in for some crypto nonsense.
minus-squarethe_wiz@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf you only use software that is created by people you like… well… i guess your only choice will be an abacus…
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI don’t care if I like them. I very much care if I’m making money for people who are actively trying to take away my rights
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoThe dev behind Brave isn’t part of Brave anymore.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s saying that he left Mozilla for that. He’s still CEO of Brave
minus-squareoverload@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCan’t believe this poor reading comprehension is getting upvoted.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhat’s amazing is they proved themselves wrong in their own post, thinking they proved themselves right. It’s actually impressive.
minus-squareoverload@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou don’t see it everyday that’s for sure.
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHe left Mozilla (chased out because he’s a homophobe) and went on to found Brave, where he still remains
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDid you even read the text you shared? It just says he left mozilla.
Literally nothing will get me to use this crypto scam of a browser.
I’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature
That you know of
That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.
Brave was found to inject crypto referral links into your
clicksurl auto complete.https://www.tomsguide.com/news/brave-affiliate-links-autocomplete
They kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.
The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn’t opt in though…
Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.
Uh… no? It just puts sponsored backgrounds when you open new tabs or windows notifications if you opt-in
It never replaced ads in websites afaik
https://ads.brave.com/
They’re not actively replacing elements on a web page, but they’re still getting paid to show you ads and you can opt in for some crypto nonsense.
If you only use software that is created by people you like… well… i guess your only choice will be an abacus…
I don’t care if I like them. I very much care if I’m making money for people who are actively trying to take away my rights
The dev behind Brave isn’t part of Brave anymore.
That’s saying that he left Mozilla for that. He’s still CEO of Brave
Can’t believe this poor reading comprehension is getting upvoted.
What’s amazing is they proved themselves wrong in their own post, thinking they proved themselves right. It’s actually impressive.
You don’t see it everyday that’s for sure.
He left Mozilla (chased out because he’s a homophobe) and went on to found Brave, where he still remains
Did you even read the text you shared? It just says he left mozilla.