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Inaccurate title? Link mentions a discussion on a "hypothetical" situation. Nowhere do I see that they will add links or listings.

• sascha_sl 7y ago
  Funny how the thread even mentions how the discussion itself can start rumors.
• nkozyra 7y ago
  Yep, that should be updated. While I understand the desire to make some money, as soon as you mix an altruistic effort with a moneymaking one, the former is muddled. Sure, maybe it would 100% have no impact on decisions. The real problem is ... how would a user know? I struggle with this when listening to NPR and hearing the programming is "possible due to [huge corporate sponsor]" I want to believe NPR would not be influenced to not run or minimize a story about a sponsor, but the uncertainty makes their coverage less trustworthy to me. That applies here. Sure, you're telling me Brave is the best choice and maybe that's true, but I also know you have a financial benefit from convincing me of that. Private donations from users via crowdfunding is the only system that mitigates this. Maybe they just need to better promote those.
  • tomglynch 7y ago
    The solution is the programs they link to, such as Brave Browser should just donate. Though it is up to privacytool.io to set up the system to allow this.
    • nkozyra 7y ago
      This doesn't solve that problem at all. Now you have something that looks like pay for play.