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My problem with Brave is that the BAT incentivizes publishers to grab as much of my attention as possible. More attention, more money. If Brave becomes successf

by msvan 8y ago

My problem with Brave is that the BAT incentivizes publishers to grab as much of my attention as possible. More attention, more money. If Brave becomes successful, expect the internet to become even more addictive and abusive of human psychology.

linuxftw 8y ago
In what way is that different than the current state of affairs?
- msvan 8y ago
  Not at all. This is portrayed as a way of fixing the incentive structure of the web by making people pay for content, but it only fixes part of the problem. Time tracking is not the same as users making an active choice about what contributes value to their lives (e.g., choosing to pay for a subscription). I would hate to see this compensation mechanism become widespread.
  - 1_player 8y ago
    I'm not a fan of time tracking, but I like current subscription models like Patreon or Youtube's even less. There's about 30 content creators I'd like to support, but in no way I'd pay $5 each, which is the standard contribution proposed by e.g. Youtube. In fact, I'm not supporting anybody at the moment, except seldomly donating money with Paypal. I budget my salary every month, and I'd like to give, say $50 a month to the creators I follow. Perhaps in different percentages. Next month I'm more generous, here's $200, please divide it accordingly. It's easy for us with a decent salary, but many, if not most people I know have $10 to spare. It's about 2 Youtube subscriptions. What to support more people? Get a better job or turn off your ad blocker and give your data and privacy away. Time tracking might not be optimal, but the killer feature to me is "this is what I have, split it and donate it, even if it's just a few pennies."
Grangar 8y ago
The pay-per-view ad model does the same, but if anything it wastes that attention time.

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My problem with Brave is that the BAT incentivizes publishers to grab as much of my attention as possible. More attention, more money. If Brave becomes successf

by msvan 8y ago

linuxftw 8y ago
In what way is that different than the current state of affairs?
- msvan 8y ago
  Not at all. This is portrayed as a way of fixing the incentive structure of the web by making people pay for content, but it only fixes part of the problem. Time tracking is not the same as users making an active choice about what contributes value to their lives (e.g., choosing to pay for a subscription). I would hate to see this compensation mechanism become widespread.
  - 1_player 8y ago
    I'm not a fan of time tracking, but I like current subscription models like Patreon or Youtube's even less. There's about 30 content creators I'd like to support, but in no way I'd pay $5 each, which is the standard contribution proposed by e.g. Youtube. In fact, I'm not supporting anybody at the moment, except seldomly donating money with Paypal. I budget my salary every month, and I'd like to give, say $50 a month to the creators I follow. Perhaps in different percentages. Next month I'm more generous, here's $200, please divide it accordingly. It's easy for us with a decent salary, but many, if not most people I know have $10 to spare. It's about 2 Youtube subscriptions. What to support more people? Get a better job or turn off your ad blocker and give your data and privacy away. Time tracking might not be optimal, but the killer feature to me is "this is what I have, split it and donate it, even if it's just a few pennies."
Grangar 8y ago
The pay-per-view ad model does the same, but if anything it wastes that attention time.