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The article says it is being fixed. They admitted to making a mistake here. I would cut them some slack rather then running for the hills looking for a fork. Pr

The article says it is being fixed. They admitted to making a mistake here. I would cut them some slack rather then running for the hills looking for a fork. Projects make mistakes, they are run by humans after all. As far as BAT goes, that was what they came up with as an alternative to the ads and to help fund the project. Calling it nonsense is a bit of a stretch when we still are able to see threads about the browser on front page of HN every now and then. The browser is clearly still relevant in some way. What would you propose as a solution to fund such a project?

nix23 6y ago
>They admitted to making a mistake here That's NOT a mistake, but a shady thing to do, loosing trust for a project where you have plenty of alternatives is the most stupidest thing you can do. What else is in that browser we don't know of?
lern_too_spel 6y ago
> What would you propose as a solution to fund such a project? Not my problem, just like it's not Brave's problem to fund Chromium development. BAT and the infrastructure within Brave Browser to support it provide no benefit to me as a user, so it is reasonable for me to want to remove it.
- killthesand 6y ago
  The BAT generated from Brave's advertising system goes to your personal crypto wallet. It does benefit users. You literally get paid for simply browsing the web. In all honesty, you don't get paid very much. It's not going to replace your day job. Yet it's a non-zero amount of income for doing something you would normally be doing anyway.
  - lern_too_spel 6y ago
    There are many other services that will pay me more to look at ads. If I don't use those, I certainly don't want to look at Brave's ads. The only people who have the possibility of getting any meaningful amount of money out of those systems are the people who get paid for the ads that all users view, like Brave Software Inc.

nix23 6y ago

>They admitted to making a mistake here That's NOT a mistake, but a shady thing to do, loosing trust for a project where you have plenty of alternatives is the most stupidest thing you can do. What else is in that browser we don't know of?

lern_too_spel 6y ago

> What would you propose as a solution to fund such a project? Not my problem, just like it's not Brave's problem to fund Chromium development. BAT and the infrastructure within Brave Browser to support it provide no benefit to me as a user, so it is reasonable for me to want to remove it.

killthesand 6y ago
The BAT generated from Brave's advertising system goes to your personal crypto wallet. It does benefit users. You literally get paid for simply browsing the web. In all honesty, you don't get paid very much. It's not going to replace your day job. Yet it's a non-zero amount of income for doing something you would normally be doing anyway.
- lern_too_spel 6y ago
  There are many other services that will pay me more to look at ads. If I don't use those, I certainly don't want to look at Brave's ads. The only people who have the possibility of getting any meaningful amount of money out of those systems are the people who get paid for the ads that all users view, like Brave Software Inc.