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> My understanding is that Firefox has supported in-browser blocking of third-party ads, trackers, fingerprinters, &c., for a while now I see the part about tr

> My understanding is that Firefox has supported in-browser blocking of third-party ads, trackers, fingerprinters, &c., for a while now I see the part about trackers. What about ads? Does it also block YouTube ads? That's a really nice feature built into Brave. > just about every adtech company that promises "privacy preserving targeted advertising" via ML The difference here is it happens in the browser. Does ML happen in Chrome? > Brave's own site implies that local ad ML is currently opt-in only Your reading of that isn't correct. The opt in is for ads. And local machine learning comes along with opting in.

throwaway946513 5y ago
> I see the part about trackers, what about ads? Doe sit also block YouTube ads? Ads are the way the internet can be funded. For most free sites, they need to either be subsidized by another income (see say a personal website that you host yourself - you pay for the domain and hosting if it's not local). Or by either selling a product (see many software companies), or lastly by using ads (see YouTube, Vimeo, and numerous other video sharing sites) I understand targeted ads being a nuisance and vehemently despise the datamining that supports said systems. But ads in general aren't an evil until they obfuscate the core material of a site. When you block ads, especially on YouTube for creators who use the platform to attract ads and sell their content then you prevent people who've worked to supply their income. If your issue is the ethics that are at odds with Alphabet and the privacy concerns, your fight is with your government to restrict them, Alphabet's own trackers (which you can work towards disabling).
- waffle_maniac 5y ago
  I donate all the BAT I earn through auto contribute and through gifting of BAT to creators on YouTube. I’ve also contributed a significant amount to an open source developer on GitHub directly through Brave.

throwaway946513 5y ago

> I see the part about trackers, what about ads? Doe sit also block YouTube ads? Ads are the way the internet can be funded. For most free sites, they need to either be subsidized by another income (see say a personal website that you host yourself - you pay for the domain and hosting if it's not local). Or by either selling a product (see many software companies), or lastly by using ads (see YouTube, Vimeo, and numerous other video sharing sites) I understand targeted ads being a nuisance and vehemently despise the datamining that supports said systems. But ads in general aren't an evil until they obfuscate the core material of a site. When you block ads, especially on YouTube for creators who use the platform to attract ads and sell their content then you prevent people who've worked to supply their income. If your issue is the ethics that are at odds with Alphabet and the privacy concerns, your fight is with your government to restrict them, Alphabet's own trackers (which you can work towards disabling).

waffle_maniac 5y ago
I donate all the BAT I earn through auto contribute and through gifting of BAT to creators on YouTube. I’ve also contributed a significant amount to an open source developer on GitHub directly through Brave.