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Try just installing base Brave - "Sponsored" backgrounds (often crypto ads or credit cards!) - "Cards" with more weird Crypto ads! - Brave "news" - Brave "r

Try just installing base Brave - "Sponsored" backgrounds (often crypto ads or credit cards!) - "Cards" with more weird Crypto ads! - Brave "news" - Brave "rewards" Yes I can turn all that of, and I have, but hard to recommend to normal users that dont spend 10min turning all the shit off. They also did some weird link shit a while back.

Barrin92 5y ago
also while we're on the topic of dark patterns, the cards, the sponsored backgrounds and the crypto crap seem to be curiously enough the only settings that don't sync. on every machine you have to turn it all off manually again.
- prawnsalad 5y ago
  Not to mention they got caught rewriting your URLs to add their own affiliate codes, which is even worse than traditional tracking imo. https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-browser-brave-busted-for-autocompleting-urls-to-versions-it-profits-from/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-browser-brave-busted-f...
  - sieabahlpark 5y ago
    Honestly I'd rather them assault every affiliate link and ad to be their own. I'm using their browser for free, they should get paid for it.
  - ash 5y ago
    Please note they said it was a mistake which was quickly fixed. Bugs happen. https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://brave.com/referral-codes-in-suggested-sites/ https://brave.com/referral-codes-in-suggested-sites/
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kunagi7 5y ago
Not my favorite browser and since I only use it on iOS my response may be a bit biased: - Sponsored Backgrounds: just random places of the world like tropical beaches, Buddhist temples or mountains. - Cards? Nothing at all. - Rewards and news are under the settings menu and seem to be off. Maybe Apple's App Store conditions prevent Brave to do a lot of its crypto stuff. On Android, Linux or Windows I'm a happy user of Vivaldi.
- weikju 5y ago
  > - Sponsored Backgrounds: just random places of the world like tropical beaches, Buddhist temples or mountains. No, these are just random backgrounds. At some point I started seeing backgrounds advertising Crocs and stuff like that, at which point I discovered the Sponsored backgrounds option and turned that off, leaving me back with random pics of scenery
  - kunagi7 5y ago
    I installed Brave 1 year ago and I mostly use the defaults (iOS). So... I looked up its configuration and looks like Sponsored Backgrounds are activated... But, they don't work at all. I deactivated them in case they suddenly start working.

Barrin92 5y ago

also while we're on the topic of dark patterns, the cards, the sponsored backgrounds and the crypto crap seem to be curiously enough the only settings that don't sync. on every machine you have to turn it all off manually again.

prawnsalad 5y ago
Not to mention they got caught rewriting your URLs to add their own affiliate codes, which is even worse than traditional tracking imo. https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-browser-brave-busted-for-autocompleting-urls-to-versions-it-profits-from/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-browser-brave-busted-f...
- sieabahlpark 5y ago
  Honestly I'd rather them assault every affiliate link and ad to be their own. I'm using their browser for free, they should get paid for it.
- ash 5y ago
  Please note they said it was a mistake which was quickly fixed. Bugs happen. https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://brave.com/referral-codes-in-suggested-sites/ https://brave.com/referral-codes-in-suggested-sites/

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kunagi7 5y ago

Not my favorite browser and since I only use it on iOS my response may be a bit biased: - Sponsored Backgrounds: just random places of the world like tropical beaches, Buddhist temples or mountains. - Cards? Nothing at all. - Rewards and news are under the settings menu and seem to be off. Maybe Apple's App Store conditions prevent Brave to do a lot of its crypto stuff. On Android, Linux or Windows I'm a happy user of Vivaldi.

weikju 5y ago
> - Sponsored Backgrounds: just random places of the world like tropical beaches, Buddhist temples or mountains. No, these are just random backgrounds. At some point I started seeing backgrounds advertising Crocs and stuff like that, at which point I discovered the Sponsored backgrounds option and turned that off, leaving me back with random pics of scenery
- kunagi7 5y ago
  I installed Brave 1 year ago and I mostly use the defaults (iOS). So... I looked up its configuration and looks like Sponsored Backgrounds are activated... But, they don't work at all. I deactivated them in case they suddenly start working.