I'm skeptical of the model too, and have no intention of using Brave. But: you can also not enable ads and buy BATs yourself. This gives you a single system to

I'm skeptical of the model too, and have no intention of using Brave. But: you can also not enable ads and buy BATs yourself. This gives you a single system to distribute donations to content you enjoy. Which is actually quite an interesting concept, since it is low effort/automatic for the user and yet allows small contributions. Of course it also gives Brave a potentially huge position of power, which is my biggest problem. If the BAT system was run by a independent non-profit and not browser specific it would be more appealing.