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Life is an eternal struggle between Good and Google
by nudq 7y ago
Life is an eternal struggle between Good and Google
- mda 7y agoI would not classify Brave as anything good.
- luckylion 7y agoWhat bad have they done?
- mda 7y agoProbably just the rotten smell that comes from their business model.
- prepend 7y agoWhat do you find most stinky about their business model?
- drusepth 7y agoIt's built on telling others "hey guys, we think your business model is evil so we're just gonna turn it off -- if you want [a smaller portion of] that money you need to go through us to get it now" or you get nothing at all. It's kind of like walking into a store and saying, "I want this bag of chips but the way you're charging for it is evil. I'm going to eat it now, but if you want paid you can go across the street and get a money order from my mom in the car. Oh, and she'll pay what she thinks it's worth."
- solarkraft 7y agoTaking money in people's names and forwarding them what they feel like forwarding, for one.
- Ensorceled 7y agoNo idea what the downvotes on this request for actual evidence (or even rumor) of wrongdoing are for.
- blackbrokkoli 7y agoCopypasting my reply from further up Some time ago there was a scandal because apparently they create profiles for content creators which aren't signed up on their platform and accept money on their behalf. Afterwards Brave spouted very dubious arguments with things like ominous legalese to HN comments with an "trust us, we're nerds too" vibe. From a cynical perspective, it looked a lot like smoke and mirrors from an entity currently sitting on a pile of money acquired by impersonating people.
- Nextgrid 7y agoThe enemy of my enemy is my friend.
- kps 7y agoSee Aesop's ‘Horse and Stag’.