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You can download the Brave private browser at www.brave.com. The Brave browser automatically disables all ads and tracking when you browse any website. The foun

by porter 9y ago

You can download the Brave private browser at www.brave.com. The Brave browser automatically disables all ads and tracking when you browse any website. The founder of Brave also created JavaScript.

pacaro 9y ago
I think it's ok to name Brendan Eich here. Just saying "[person who] created JavaScript" makes me think "that's either Brendan Eich or someone lying about having created JavaScript" If he's chosen to be the CEO of a company again, then he's also chosen to put his social/political views on equality into the public sphere again.
- chews 9y ago
  political/social views? Isn't this an ICO discussion?
  - gcp 9y ago
    If only this argument had worked for Mozilla.
  - pacaro 9y ago
    Yup, I was just trying to work out why @porter didn't say Brendan Eich, but used indirection.
- austincheney 9y ago
  He never did that before when at Mozilla.
  - pacaro 9y ago
    A political donation is an act of public speech. I think it's ok to care about the beliefs and views of the officers and board members of a company.
    - austincheney 9y ago
      His hazing and firing from Mozilla really sounded like a concession favoring discrimination.
      - pacaro 9y ago
        When you stand in a position of power and privilege, then your responsibilities are (or should be) commensurately greater
        austincheney 9y ago
        That is not an excuse to discriminate against people for having different opinions than you.
bpicolo 9y ago
> automatically disables all ads Except the ads they're planning on showing?
- terhechte 9y ago
  That's opt-in, and you'd be paid for seeing them.
gcp 9y ago
More crucially: the tokens sold here allow advertisers to show ads to users of the Brave browser.
- BrendanEich 9y ago
  Opt-in BAT ads. Like the bitcoin-based anonymous auto-microdonations in Brave Payments in beta-testing form today. We'll work to prototype and then propagate the BAT to other attention-based apps (browsers, games, video-players, and messengers).

by porter 9y ago

You can download the Brave private browser at www.brave.com. The Brave browser automatically disables all ads and tracking when you browse any website. The founder of Brave also created JavaScript.

pacaro 9y ago

I think it's ok to name Brendan Eich here. Just saying "[person who] created JavaScript" makes me think "that's either Brendan Eich or someone lying about having created JavaScript" If he's chosen to be the CEO of a company again, then he's also chosen to put his social/political views on equality into the public sphere again.

chews 9y ago
political/social views? Isn't this an ICO discussion?
- gcp 9y ago
  If only this argument had worked for Mozilla.
- pacaro 9y ago
  Yup, I was just trying to work out why @porter didn't say Brendan Eich, but used indirection.
austincheney 9y ago
He never did that before when at Mozilla.
- pacaro 9y ago
  A political donation is an act of public speech. I think it's ok to care about the beliefs and views of the officers and board members of a company.
  - austincheney 9y ago
    His hazing and firing from Mozilla really sounded like a concession favoring discrimination.
    - pacaro 9y ago
      When you stand in a position of power and privilege, then your responsibilities are (or should be) commensurately greater
      - austincheney 9y ago
        That is not an excuse to discriminate against people for having different opinions than you.

bpicolo 9y ago

> automatically disables all ads Except the ads they're planning on showing?

terhechte 9y ago
That's opt-in, and you'd be paid for seeing them.

gcp 9y ago

More crucially: the tokens sold here allow advertisers to show ads to users of the Brave browser.

BrendanEich 9y ago
Opt-in BAT ads. Like the bitcoin-based anonymous auto-microdonations in Brave Payments in beta-testing form today. We'll work to prototype and then propagate the BAT to other attention-based apps (browsers, games, video-players, and messengers).