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I tried out Brave ~3 years ago when it was still Electron-based, and it was unfortunately too laggy to be a daily driver. Then I tried it out again ~6 months ag

by _bxg1 7y ago

I tried out Brave ~3 years ago when it was still Electron-based, and it was unfortunately too laggy to be a daily driver. Then I tried it out again ~6 months ago after they'd switched it to being a Chromium fork. The speed was much-improved, but it suddenly started spamming me with push notifications about various features, Brave rewards, etc. I felt like I was blocking web ads just to get native ads instead. You can turn them off deep in the settings, but I got sketched out and stopped using it. I think Brave's payment model concept is a very interesting idea for freeing the open web from the need for advertising, but I haven't been impressed with the way the project has been executed so far.

etr71115 7y ago
You can turn off ads in your browser settings under "Brave Rewards". You won't earn any tokens though.
BrendanEich 7y ago
You turned on Brave Rewards at some point, it seems. If you want to tip and contribute anonymously but not get ads, just turn off ads (upper left of rewards settings).
- sneak 7y ago
  Did you fix that issue yet where you were fraudulently claiming that you could receive tips for any content creator on the web but those sent to creators that hadn’t signed up went to Brave instead?
  - mthoms 7y ago
    Unclaimed funds go back to the user's wallet after 90 days. This has been the case for almost a full year now. https://brave.com/faq/#unclaimed-funds https://brave.com/faq/#unclaimed-funds
    - sneak 7y ago
      “Yes” would have also worked.
      - mthoms 7y ago
        You're right, I probably wasted my time. I should have guessed from your inflammatory rhetoric you had no interest in actually learning or discussing anything. My mistake.
  - dang 7y ago
    Please don't post in the flamewar style to HN. If people show up here to discuss their work and get harangued, what incentive do they have to show up at all? If we allow commenters to disincentivize that, HN will be less interesting and worse. It's fine to ask a good-faith question or make a good-faith critique. It's not fine to cross-examine. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - sneak 7y ago
      I understand and I will endeavor to avoid any comments that may be mistaken as such in the future. My question in this instance, although a bit antagonistic, was actually totally sincere: the fundraising fraud issue was a big legitimate criticism of Brave a while ago, and I was curious if it was still valid, having not heard anything more on the matter. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999
spurgu 7y ago
This is interesting, I've been using Brave for well over a year and I've never seen a single push notification...

by _bxg1 7y ago

etr71115 7y ago

You can turn off ads in your browser settings under "Brave Rewards". You won't earn any tokens though.

BrendanEich 7y ago

You turned on Brave Rewards at some point, it seems. If you want to tip and contribute anonymously but not get ads, just turn off ads (upper left of rewards settings).

sneak 7y ago
Did you fix that issue yet where you were fraudulently claiming that you could receive tips for any content creator on the web but those sent to creators that hadn’t signed up went to Brave instead?
- mthoms 7y ago
  Unclaimed funds go back to the user's wallet after 90 days. This has been the case for almost a full year now. https://brave.com/faq/#unclaimed-funds https://brave.com/faq/#unclaimed-funds
  - sneak 7y ago
    “Yes” would have also worked.
    - mthoms 7y ago
      You're right, I probably wasted my time. I should have guessed from your inflammatory rhetoric you had no interest in actually learning or discussing anything. My mistake.
- dang 7y ago
  Please don't post in the flamewar style to HN. If people show up here to discuss their work and get harangued, what incentive do they have to show up at all? If we allow commenters to disincentivize that, HN will be less interesting and worse. It's fine to ask a good-faith question or make a good-faith critique. It's not fine to cross-examine. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - sneak 7y ago
    I understand and I will endeavor to avoid any comments that may be mistaken as such in the future. My question in this instance, although a bit antagonistic, was actually totally sincere: the fundraising fraud issue was a big legitimate criticism of Brave a while ago, and I was curious if it was still valid, having not heard anything more on the matter. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999

spurgu 7y ago

This is interesting, I've been using Brave for well over a year and I've never seen a single push notification...