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There where actually 2 critiques and their practice would count as fraud in a lot of countries. #1 Money was re-distributed if donated and not claimed -> its n
by fuu_dev 7y ago
There where actually 2 critiques and their practice would count as fraud in a lot of countries.
#1 Money was re-distributed if donated and not claimed -> its not frozen infinite.
#2 There was no way to opt out -> its now opt in iirc
Besides that there are other critique points.
#1 Brave is controlling the add economy. They do this by blocking adds and offering their opt in add service(and gain 30% of the add revenue)
#2 Brave is using its own crypto currency to have full control over the money flow.
What additionally lowers their credibility is that they put false advertisement on their website.
This makes me wounder whats the incent to use brave.
- buboard 7y ago> This makes me wounder whats the incent to use brave. with adblockers and google sucking more and more of the advertising pie websites are looking elsewhere for monetization
- judge2020 7y agoBy the way, it's just "ad", short for advertisement.
- Karunamon 7y agoI don't quite follow #2. BAT is an ERC20 token like any other and can be quite easily transacted outisde of the browser and outside of Brave's control.
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- fuu_dev 7y agoBrave created the currency.
- Karunamon 7y agoThat doesn't equate to having full control over the monetary flow. They can mint new tokens, but since the contract doesn't have a self destruct function, it's out there on the blockchain forevermore, even if Brave were to disappear tomorrow.