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Agreed. I recently tried to adopt Brave on iOS. There in-app marketing messages are cringe-worthy[1] and there isn't a way to opt-out as far as I have found. T
by ozten 5y ago
Agreed. I recently tried to adopt Brave on iOS. There in-app marketing messages are cringe-worthy[1] and there isn't a way to opt-out as far as I have found.
This seems unethical, as I consider these messages as unwanted advertisements for MLM crypto projects. Brave removes paid ads from the internet, but subjects me to in-app advertisements for pyramid schemes (Sorry, I mean ground floor crypto investment opportunities).
Background: I think BAT is fine and have no problem with it if it is communicated in a user centered way. Trying to fix the web's business model is an interesting experiment.
[1] "Upland: Blockchain Metaverse - Flip virtual properties. Earn UPX. Sell for $. Signup Bonus"
https://twitter.com/ozten/status/1459578272094720000 https://twitter.com/ozten/status/1459578272094720000
- bbondy 5y ago> there isn't a way to opt-out as far as I have found. Navigate to: brave://settings/wallet Set Default cyrptocurrency wallet to None, and set Show Brave Wallet icon on toolbar to off
- 533474 5y agohn readers not knowing how to navigate settings, sigh...
- ozten 5y agoI am aware of about:kitchensink and related config from the mozilla codebase. I've used about:config on desktop many, many times. Blaming the user isn't the best path to ADUs. Brave's settings have many options and I wasn't sure which one would disable in-app advertisements. I think it is "Brave Rewards".
- imwillofficial 5y agoWorkflow isn’t the same on iOS, which is what GP was talking about.
- ozten 5y agoThank you for your help. 1) I'm probably dumb, but on iOS putting brave://settings/wallet into the address bar puts me into Brave search results. No leading or trailing spaces. 2) This setting will disable in-app marketing messages? I'm interested in disabling the "Brave Rewards" in app notifications.
- Ancapistani 5y ago> I'm interested in disabling the "Brave Rewards" in app notifications. That's in settings, too... but aren't those opt-in? I could have sworn they were when I set up my profile for the first time. I'm going to re-install in a clean VM and see what their first-time user UX is like these days.
- 5560675260 5y ago> There in-app marketing messages are cringe-worthy[1] and there isn't a way to opt-out Aren't ads opt in?
- ozten 5y agoThis is a "push notification" style in-app message that I am calling an "Ad". I don't know what the correct terminology is within Brave's chrome.
- 5560675260 5y agoYeah, those are opt in. Go to settings - "Brave Rewards" to disable ads in push notifications.
- nieve 5y agoIf the person you're replying to didn't turn it on and it's on, it's not opt-in. That's opt-out.
- 5560675260 5y agoMy assumption is that OP turned it on, but forgot about doing it at some point. This feature in Brave is advertised as opt-in and it was off by default for me each time I've installed this browser.