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> They hijack ads to show their own ads. This is 100% false. The opt-in ads are not injected into the page.

• fooey 6y ago
  Huh, 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 ago
    They did. Brave ads are opt-in only, and served via system notifications.
  • ketamine__ 6y ago
    They 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.