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Notes about some of the points made: - The built-in blocker, just like the blocker on Firefox, Edge or Opera, isn't that good. That's why you should install so
by celsoazevedo 5y ago
Notes about some of the points made:
- The built-in blocker, just like the blocker on Firefox, Edge or Opera, isn't that good. That's why you should install something like uBlock Origin on top.
- If all scripts from Facebook and Twitter are blocked, you'll end up with broken pages. Some pages have Facebook comments, which won't load if you block all Facebook domains. Embeded tweets also won't work if Twitter is blocked. Not everyone is an advanced user, so I understand why they decided not to block everything (they give you the option to block this - check your settings).
- Brave Rewards... for users: you don't have to use it. Independently of the DNS queries, you won't see any ads if you don't opt-in. If you decide to join, you'll get some BAT at the end of the month. It's not 100%, but it's more than the 0% you receive from Google Adsense.
- Brave Rewards... for website operators, youtubers, etc: I think this is where we sometimes miss the point. Users are already blocking your ads! Even if they don't use an extension for that, the built-in blocker in Brave, Opera and Firefox already block some or all of your ads. That revenue is gone.
So, and if users opt-in, you'll be able to make some money via Brave Rewards (we just have to confirm that we own the site, like a Google Webmaster Tools verification). Again, users already block your ads. Between no revenue and some revenue, what's better?
We should also keep in mind that by default, the money users receive is then shared among the sites they visited. In practice, users are sending you a small monthly payment/donation for using your site, viewing your videos, etc.
- "You may have seen in the past a fork of Brave which removed telemetry and other shady practices from Brave. It was called Braver."
Not sure what's the surprise here. We can't create a Firefoxer or Edgier without getting in trouble with Mozilla or Microsoft. Being able to fork doesn't mean that we can use the same name.