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> replacing ads > They'll s/page_ads/brave_ads/ My point was that this literally does not happen. Brave does not insert ads into pages, ever, it only removes
by mintplant 7y ago
> replacing ads
> They'll s/page_ads/brave_ads/
My point was that this literally does not happen. Brave does not insert ads into pages, ever, it only removes them. I'll admit I'm skeptical of the whole cryto-currency model, too, but I try to keep my points factually accurate.
- sp332 7y agoThey got a ton of attention when they first launched for their idea of replacing ads. See point two on this archive from early 2017: https://web.archive.org/web/20170129165028/https://www.brave.com/about_ad_replacement.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170129165028/https://www.brave... Now they have a disclaimer at the top https://www.brave.com/about_ad_replacement.html https://www.brave.com/about_ad_replacement.html but honestly, until today I thought they were still doing it.
- __MatrixMan__ 7y agoThey aren't. The brave ads appear as a system notification at fixed intervals whether or not you're browsing. They're as disconnected from your browsing activity as they could possibly be. The only connection is that your browsing activity determines how much each content provider is owed.