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They hijack ads to show their own ads. The only interesting thing about Brave is they haven't yet been sued into oblivion.
by fooey 6y ago
They hijack ads to show their own ads.
The only interesting thing about Brave is they haven't yet been sued into oblivion.
- rhizome 6y agoOn what basis could they be sued that wouldn't take out a) ad blockers; and consequently b) a user's ability to modify information displayed on their own computers?
- rosywoozlechan 6y agoContent providers don't get to dictate what happens on my computer just because I accessed data from an HTTP server they made available to me. If I want Braze to replace their ads, that's my choice. I actually don't want it, but this argument that Braze is doing something wrong is stupid and ridiculous.
- ketamine__ 6y ago> They hijack ads to show their own ads. This is 100% false. The opt-in ads are not injected into the page.
- fooey 6y agoHuh, that was one of their original pitches, but I guess they changed their implementation at some point https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/mozilla-co-founder-unveils-brave-a-web-browser-that-blocks-ads-by-default/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/01/mozil...
- mthoms 6y agoThey did. Brave ads are opt-in only, and served via system notifications.
- ketamine__ 6y agoThey have talked about displaying ads in-page for publishers that opt in. But in that case why would the publisher display ads to Brave users? It doesn't sound like replacement to me.
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