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Brave is a start up that is the same thing as a combination of add-ons at its core. I'm sure they have people working on creating a real browser, but personally
by Larrikin 9y ago
Brave is a start up that is the same thing as a combination of add-ons at its core. I'm sure they have people working on creating a real browser, but personally I'd rather those people work with Firefox if they aren't going to bring any real innovation to the difficult parts of making a browser
- alwillis 9y agoAs I mentioned previously (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16138524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16138524), Brave isn't just a bunch of plugins. I would argue that integrating the blocking of tracking, cryptocurrency mining and fingerprinting scripts in the core of a browser is an innovation. And using zero knowledge proofs and machine learning to learn a user’s browsing habits without leaking personal information (or fingerprinting your browser) is an innovation. So is the integration of a micropayments system and wallet. Also, unlike using traditional ad blocking extensions, you don’t get those annoying popups from websites wining about how they need the ads to generate revenue and asking the user to possibly whitelist their site… while they’re using scripts that track your movement all over the web. Brave is starting where Firefox should have evolved to regarding user privacy and a way to support publishers and content creators without ads as we know them.