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I think this is a service I'd use if it were available as an extension rather than a browser in its own right.

glenstein 9y ago
One attention-crypto as a browser extension is WildSpark by Synereo: https://wildspark.me https://wildspark.me I have no affiliation, I have zero of whatever their coin is, but I randomly signed up for their mailing list a while back out curiosity.
Ajedi32 9y ago
Maybe consider Flattr? From what I can tell it does basically the same thing: https://flattr.com/contributors https://flattr.com/contributors
- proaralyst 9y ago
  And in another bonus doesn't appear to require tokens.
- hiq 9y ago
  It does the same with much more overhead for the user as far as I can tell. The point of Brave is to have everything working behind the scene for the user, so no friction.
  - detaro 9y ago
    What's the "much more overhead"? As far as I know, in the current state of Brave you have to buy tokens, just like you put money in flattr. In the future model, Brave will show you ads vs flattr taking money directly - is that much more overhead? (The implementations might differ in other important things, e.g. privacy or fee structure, but the basic user attention model seems similar enough to me)
    - Ajedi32 9y ago
      Flattr _used_ to require the user to click a button to indicate they like a particular page and want to support its creator. I assume GP is simply unaware that that's not how Flattr works anymore. Flattr 2.0 works more like Brave does; the user pays a monthly subscription, and Flattr just automatically distributes those funds to creators based on what sites the user views most often that month.
      - hiq 9y ago
        I stand corrected, I didn't know about this new version.
- mtgx 9y ago
  I don't think Flattr will succeed over cryptocurrencies such as BAT/STEEM.
decentralised 9y ago
You should really try the browser itself, partly because it will pay you to watch some ads, and partly because it will respect your privacy.
- proaralyst 9y ago
  But I trust Mozilla more with my privacy and I don't want to watch ads at all!
  - aaron-lebo 9y ago
    This is why Brave has a limited future as it is. You can't pay me cents to pick a worse browser. It's like the days when there were those pay to surf companies. The promise of money is nice, but most end users don't benefit that much from it. There's a lot more incentive for the company for their product to work than there is for the users to adopt it.
    - decentralised 9y ago
      I'm not deeply familiar with Brave's roadmap but my understanding is that the BAT tokens you'd receive from watching ads could also be used to tip content providers similar to what can be done in Steemit.
  - hiq 9y ago
    This, so much this. Maybe I could reconsider if they paid me more than a few dollars per good (according to me) advertisement, but I doubt that this will be the case. Until then, I will stick to ad-blocking.
    - decentralised 9y ago
      How about this, a system will show you ads and you can chose to skip or stop if you don't like them. In any case for however many seconds you endured, you get paid.
nfin 9y ago
Here one item of the Brave-FAQ: Why build a browser and not extensions for top browsers? Extensions face API and performance limits. Our own browser lets us put our best foot forward on speed and deep integration of private ad-tech. We may do extensions if our users find themselves browsing in other browsers often. => give them feedback if you’re interested
- pwaai 9y ago
  > Why build a browser and not extensions for top browsers? I happen to be working on this right now http://browsercoin.com http://browsercoin.com, if anybody is interested in beta testing it out, my email is in my profile. > Extensions face API and performance limits. Our own browser lets us put our best foot forward on speed and deep integration of private ad-tech. We may do extensions if our users find themselves browsing in other browsers often. Basically, their FAQ answer is debatable because the Chrome API is more than enough to support a Patreonesque model, if you have uBlock and other privacy focused extension, you don't even need to download a heavy browser client. Hence the name BrowserCoin, I'd be open to feedbacks on what you would like to see happen with it.
  - j_s 9y ago
    I clicked; might want to update your site from the nginx welcome page.
    - em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
      > "I happen to be working on this right now" Sounds like pwaai is literally working on browsercoin right now! :)
  - edm0nd 9y ago
    uh, "Welcome to nginx!" ...
- miyayes 9y ago
  They've confirmed that they will be building extensions for other browsers and expanding BAT beyond the Brave browser. The Brave browser is, of course, the first proving ground and lets them implement the full platform without API limitations, but they've confirmed that insofar as the extension APIs are supportive, they will make extensions. (And you can still make extensions that offer partial functionality, such as the a BAT wallet for donations, but without the whole BAT Ads platform built in. You would get full functionality in apps that integrate BAT with the SDKs or if you use Brave itself.) They're also offering SDKs for other apps: e.g., mobile apps, smart TV apps, etc. See this post: https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-extending-the-bat-platform/ https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-ex...
miyayes 9y ago
They've confirmed that they will be building extensions for other browsers and expanding BAT beyond the Brave browser. The Brave browser is, of course, the first proving ground and lets them implement the full platform without API limitations, but they've confirmed that insofar as the extension APIs are supportive, they will make extensions. (And you can still make extensions that offer partial functionality, such as the a BAT wallet for donations, but without the whole BAT Ads platform built in. You would get full functionality in apps that integrate BAT with the SDKs or if you use Brave itself. Chromne API gives access to browser history, and making a BAT wallet is pretty easy.) They're also offering SDKs for other apps: e.g., mobile apps, smart TV apps, etc. See this post: https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-extending-the-bat-platform/ https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-ex...

One attention-crypto as a browser extension is WildSpark by Synereo: https://wildspark.me https://wildspark.me I have no affiliation, I have zero of whatever their coin is, but I randomly signed up for their mailing list a while back out curiosity.

Ajedi32 9y ago

Maybe consider Flattr? From what I can tell it does basically the same thing: https://flattr.com/contributors https://flattr.com/contributors

proaralyst 9y ago
And in another bonus doesn't appear to require tokens.
hiq 9y ago
It does the same with much more overhead for the user as far as I can tell. The point of Brave is to have everything working behind the scene for the user, so no friction.
- detaro 9y ago
  What's the "much more overhead"? As far as I know, in the current state of Brave you have to buy tokens, just like you put money in flattr. In the future model, Brave will show you ads vs flattr taking money directly - is that much more overhead? (The implementations might differ in other important things, e.g. privacy or fee structure, but the basic user attention model seems similar enough to me)
  - Ajedi32 9y ago
    Flattr _used_ to require the user to click a button to indicate they like a particular page and want to support its creator. I assume GP is simply unaware that that's not how Flattr works anymore. Flattr 2.0 works more like Brave does; the user pays a monthly subscription, and Flattr just automatically distributes those funds to creators based on what sites the user views most often that month.
    - hiq 9y ago
      I stand corrected, I didn't know about this new version.
mtgx 9y ago
I don't think Flattr will succeed over cryptocurrencies such as BAT/STEEM.

decentralised 9y ago

You should really try the browser itself, partly because it will pay you to watch some ads, and partly because it will respect your privacy.

proaralyst 9y ago
But I trust Mozilla more with my privacy and I don't want to watch ads at all!
- aaron-lebo 9y ago
  This is why Brave has a limited future as it is. You can't pay me cents to pick a worse browser. It's like the days when there were those pay to surf companies. The promise of money is nice, but most end users don't benefit that much from it. There's a lot more incentive for the company for their product to work than there is for the users to adopt it.
  - decentralised 9y ago
    I'm not deeply familiar with Brave's roadmap but my understanding is that the BAT tokens you'd receive from watching ads could also be used to tip content providers similar to what can be done in Steemit.
- hiq 9y ago
  This, so much this. Maybe I could reconsider if they paid me more than a few dollars per good (according to me) advertisement, but I doubt that this will be the case. Until then, I will stick to ad-blocking.
  - decentralised 9y ago
    How about this, a system will show you ads and you can chose to skip or stop if you don't like them. In any case for however many seconds you endured, you get paid.

nfin 9y ago

Here one item of the Brave-FAQ: Why build a browser and not extensions for top browsers? Extensions face API and performance limits. Our own browser lets us put our best foot forward on speed and deep integration of private ad-tech. We may do extensions if our users find themselves browsing in other browsers often. => give them feedback if you’re interested

pwaai 9y ago
> Why build a browser and not extensions for top browsers? I happen to be working on this right now http://browsercoin.com http://browsercoin.com, if anybody is interested in beta testing it out, my email is in my profile. > Extensions face API and performance limits. Our own browser lets us put our best foot forward on speed and deep integration of private ad-tech. We may do extensions if our users find themselves browsing in other browsers often. Basically, their FAQ answer is debatable because the Chrome API is more than enough to support a Patreonesque model, if you have uBlock and other privacy focused extension, you don't even need to download a heavy browser client. Hence the name BrowserCoin, I'd be open to feedbacks on what you would like to see happen with it.
- j_s 9y ago
  I clicked; might want to update your site from the nginx welcome page.
  - em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
    > "I happen to be working on this right now" Sounds like pwaai is literally working on browsercoin right now! :)
- edm0nd 9y ago
  uh, "Welcome to nginx!" ...
miyayes 9y ago
They've confirmed that they will be building extensions for other browsers and expanding BAT beyond the Brave browser. The Brave browser is, of course, the first proving ground and lets them implement the full platform without API limitations, but they've confirmed that insofar as the extension APIs are supportive, they will make extensions. (And you can still make extensions that offer partial functionality, such as the a BAT wallet for donations, but without the whole BAT Ads platform built in. You would get full functionality in apps that integrate BAT with the SDKs or if you use Brave itself.) They're also offering SDKs for other apps: e.g., mobile apps, smart TV apps, etc. See this post: https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-extending-the-bat-platform/ https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-ex...

miyayes 9y ago

They've confirmed that they will be building extensions for other browsers and expanding BAT beyond the Brave browser. The Brave browser is, of course, the first proving ground and lets them implement the full platform without API limitations, but they've confirmed that insofar as the extension APIs are supportive, they will make extensions. (And you can still make extensions that offer partial functionality, such as the a BAT wallet for donations, but without the whole BAT Ads platform built in. You would get full functionality in apps that integrate BAT with the SDKs or if you use Brave itself. Chromne API gives access to browser history, and making a BAT wallet is pretty easy.) They're also offering SDKs for other apps: e.g., mobile apps, smart TV apps, etc. See this post: https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-extending-the-bat-platform/ https://basicattentiontoken.org/driving-user-adoption-and-ex...