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Yes. I want a citation for this. As far as I'm aware this is completely untrue.
by muckrakerz 7y ago
Yes. I want a citation for this. As far as I'm aware this is completely untrue.
- dymk 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999
- ppeetteerr 7y agoFound one https://www.computerworld.com/article/3284076/brave-browser-begins-controversial-ad-repeal-and-replace-tests.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3284076/brave-browser-... And on their own site: https://brave.com/brave-ads-launch/ https://brave.com/brave-ads-launch/
- BrendanEich 7y agoYour second link is to our blog post about user ads, which do not go in slots on publisher pages. Your first link is to a tech journalist who misreports what we actually do, for reasons I cannot fathom and won't guess at. Anyway, we do not replace publisher ads we block. Check it out for yourself.
- chance_state 7y agoFor at least one of those claims, >They monetize the content of others and don't tell them. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999
- muckrakerz 7y agoThat isn't what he is claiming though. He's claiming that they do this without the users consent. If I want a page re-skinned in purple to hell with what the content provider wants. It is also reasonable, as Eich pointed out, to act as a mediator for unrequested donations. Which is what Brave does. Would it be nice to reject these donations? Sure. But we don't demand that with any other transmission service. If Eich and the user concede to the terms and if you accept the money, what is the problem moral or otherwise?