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I've been actively supporting Brave (and Firefox) exactly until moment I stumbled into very unexpected news about Brave. After that I support Firefox only. "Br
by Nginx487 6y ago
I've been actively supporting Brave (and Firefox) exactly until moment I stumbled into very unexpected news about Brave. After that I support Firefox only.
"Brave browser is asking for donations on behalf of other people" (2018)
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br...
"Brave browser is hijacking links and inserting affiliate codes" (2020)
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-we...
Link to Brave source code on the Github, inserting affiliate codes into URLs
https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/omnibox/browser/suggested_sites_provider_data.cc https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/o...
There's no valid reason to use a product, adopting totally unethical and scammer techniques. One more lesson on topic "If you don't pay, you're the product".
- Nginx487 6y agoPrevious discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23442027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23442027