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Brave also blocks ads. I would think youtube have a better chance at suing them.
by mnx 9y ago
Brave also blocks ads. I would think youtube have a better chance at suing them.
- Helloworldboy 9y agoAre ad-blocking services generally sued by ad-displaying websites? I've never heard of that happening, but I could certainly be wrong.
- detaro 9y agoNot generally, but it has happened. And the Brave business model of "block ads, then show our own ads instead" combined with this type of advertising is probably a clearer target than "some guy making uBlock for free".
- smokeyj 9y agoAnd what's to stop someone from creating a BATS blocker that simulates attention? Will there be a captcha like challenge?
- mccr8 9y agoI don't know about uBlock Origin (which is what you probably meant) but according to press articles AdBlock Plus gets paid money by Google to not block their ads, which feels at least in the ballpark to what Brave is trying to do.
- detaro 9y agoThe company behind Adblock plus also has been involved in lawsuits about their product (they won, so far)
- JoshTriplett 9y agoThere have been attempts; they haven't succeeded.
- occamrazor 9y agoAd-blockers not. But Brave profits by replacing website ads with its own ads.
- jMyles 9y agoYou really think a jury is going to buy this? Imagine this for a moment: the Brave browser ships with a VR headset that automatically descends upon the user's eyes and ears for the duration of an ad, shielding them from their own screen (and thus the Youtube ad playing on it) and playing a different ad (or no ad) instead. Does the same liability still apply? I think that Brave lawyers will have an easy time convincing a jury that a merely drawing the user's attention to a different piece of content is not tantamount to damages to some website that happens to be among those open in their browser at the time.