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Affiliate links were in the address bar and not injected into the webpage. You are spreading lies.
by ketamine__ 6y ago
Affiliate links were in the address bar and not injected into the webpage. You are spreading lies.
- byte1918 6y agoYou are correct and it's equally as awful.
- boogies 6y agoEqually as harmless. The affiliate codes don’t give anyone any information that they don’t already have (if you’re one of whatever tiny fraction of users edit their user agent strings, why the heck would you choose to accept the the URL suggestions‽ And if you really care about strict privacy, why would you use a Chromium-based browser in the first place, when invasive features have been discovered in Chromium’s codebase long after they were added before?). The sheer stupidity of the toxic FUD people spread about Brave makes me angry in its behalf (despite never using it beyond a test run myself).
- jonathansampson 6y agoShowing suggestions in the browser isn't "equally as awful" as injecting them into pages (or modifying links on pages, as was claimed). The intent here was for users of Brave [who also happen to have an interest in product/service x] to support the former with their traffic to the latter. This isn't unethical; it's an clean and privacy-respecting way of supporting an effort.