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And to read the above a bit easier: Google Chrome https://threadreaderapp.com/jonathansampson/status/1165493206441779200 https://threadreaderapp.com/jonathansa

• knocte 7y ago
  With ads between the tweets? BS
  • jonathansampson 7y ago
    View it in Brave ;)
    • Kuinox 7y ago
      I won't use this shady software.
      • pschastain 7y ago
        How is Brave shady? Or are you just trolling?
        • NikkiA 7y ago
          Probably the built-in cryptocurrency mining.
          • hanniabu 7y ago
            I think it's unfair to call it mining. You're simply able to be rewarded in their token if you allow ads. That is completely different from mining.
        • safeplanet-fesa 7y ago
          I think that it's shady too. I don't know much about Brave and don't want to know. To me a huge red flag is that Brave tries to push its Basic Attention Token (BAT). BAT is a token of low quality because of the following reasons. 1. The developers try to make up a reason to create another coin for something, that doesn't need a coin; 2. The relationship between the browser and the coin is not cryptographically strong and will never be — it's impossible to prevent fraud when their system is just a program that checks for certain condition (an ad viewed) and communicates to its backend, instructing it to give some address a coin. 3. The developers created a billion of tokens out of thin air and now try to give it some value. And traders do believe that it has some value. I personally don't tolerate shitcoins even the slightest. Thus, I see Brave as nothing, but a browser engine with a content filter and a shitcoin embedded.
          • ljcn 7y ago
            I hoped at one point Brave would follow more of a patreon-like model - block ads on pages and give the site my money in exchange. Unfortunately they've gone for showing me different ads.
            • hanniabu 7y ago
              That'd be a really nice feature
            • _corym 7y ago
              Brave does follow this patreon style model. There's a section in the Brave Rewards panel that mentions "Auto-contribute" which does what your describing. You can also easily enable and disable Brave Ads while still contributing (though you'd need to fund your browser wallet)
    • NikkiA 7y ago
      And support homophobia ? No.
      • _pmf_ 7y ago
        Brave and stunning.
  • compuguy 7y ago
    I use an adblocker and support the developer of ThreadReader. So I don't see the ads.
    • knocte 7y ago
      > I use an adblocker and support the developer of ThreadReader That sounds like a contradiction. If he uses ads it's so that his development gets supported this way.
• fireattack 7y ago
  Doesn't feel it's much different from original Twitter UI TBH.
• atoav 7y ago
  “We value your privacy” Always a good sign that they don’t.
  • eitland 7y ago
    Exactly: "We value your privacy" Click "Options" or whatever. Almost everything seems turned of (I guess it is an attempted dark pattern where they want me to believe it is off by default.) Click "Third parties". See an somewhat complete list of shady "mainstream" tracker companies - or so I hope -there are literally hundreds of companies on that list, I counted by copying and pasting into a spreadsheet :-] So much for valuing my privacy. Then again I guess it can be read to mean they value taking our privacy away.
  • TeMPOraL 7y ago
    Oh, but they do. The same way a group of muggers does when they stop you in a dark alley and say, "we value your money". (Hell, they'll likely offer you an option to consent or proceed without consent to receive reduced experience.)
    • TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
      We value your privacy in much the same way fleas value dogs.
    • sorokod 7y ago
      That's a nice analogy, can extend it a bit by offering a "reduced experience due to broken limbs"
      • deleted 7y ago
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  • dspillett 7y ago
    "Your private information has value to us" would be a more honest wording.
  • Integrape 7y ago
• seapunk 7y ago
  If someone needs a version without ads or fake news promotion (Disclaimer: I'm a Threader co-founder) Google Chrome: https://threader.app/thread/1165493206441779200 https://threader.app/thread/1165493206441779200 Microsoft Edge: https://threader.app/thread/1166138692509065218 https://threader.app/thread/1166138692509065218 Opera: https://threader.app/thread/1165353213308129281 https://threader.app/thread/1165353213308129281 Vivaldi (Same thread as Opera): https://threader.app/thread/1165353213308129281 https://threader.app/thread/1165353213308129281 Dissenter https://threader.app/thread/1165377063932637184 https://threader.app/thread/1165377063932637184 Brave https://threader.app/thread/1165391211999518720 https://threader.app/thread/1165391211999518720 Mozilla https://threader.app/thread/1165858896176660480 https://threader.app/thread/1165858896176660480
  • compuguy 7y ago
    Last time I checked ThreadReader is an indie app developed by one or two developers. I've had no issues with them in the past.
    • seapunk 7y ago
      The truth is, this service was acquired last year by a US company. They didn't mention it or share the news with their users and they keep marketing themselves as "indie developers", including on their patreon https://www.patreon.com/ThreadReaderApp https://www.patreon.com/ThreadReaderApp. In addition to that the original creator left, he is not working on the product anymore.
  • lysp 7y ago
    I didn't realise there was a competitor. I wasn't promoting one over the other - just unaware alternatives existed. Also didn't know it had ads, because all ads are blocked in my browser.