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This is similar to when Pinterest did this back in 2012 and very quickly made large amounts of money but were crushed by public opinion and quickly shut the pra

This is similar to when Pinterest did this back in 2012 and very quickly made large amounts of money but were crushed by public opinion and quickly shut the practice down. It’ll be interesting to see how Brave responds. 1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2012/2/8/2783807/pintrest-skimming-affiliate-links https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2...

lexs 6y ago
Ironic that you posted an AMP link https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2012/2/8/2783807/pintrest-skimming-affiliate-links https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2012/2/8/2783807/pintr...
- llacb47 6y ago
  That's still an AMP link
  - greenyoda 6y ago
    Non-AMP link: https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/8/2783807/pintrest-skimming-affiliate-links https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/8/2783807/pintrest-skimming-...
drannex 6y ago
Tumblr implemented this about two years ago, not sure on revenue but I imagine it's been very effective for them. (You can disable this for your personal blog posts in settings)