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I've accepted that the internet wants my data and have been using Brave for a few years now. Seems like a fair compromise, and their adblocking is pretty decent

by sjmm1989 5y ago

I've accepted that the internet wants my data and have been using Brave for a few years now. Seems like a fair compromise, and their adblocking is pretty decent, even if I get to put up with their little pop ups now and then for BAT tokens. I have it set to maximum ad rate, and just ignore them mostly. They are sort of intrusive, but also not really. Depends on what you are doing. I've had them pop up in the middle of working on some word file or excel sheet; but I also get my discord notifications the same way as well... They don't interrupt gameplay though... usually? Depends on if you have a browser open while playing something in windowed mode I think. At that point you might get one or two popping through due to the browser being open. That sort of thing. Again, seems like a fair compromise to me. People onboard with BAT get paid one way or the other, and I get to deal with less ads overall. (Seriously, it's a chasm of epic proportions the comparison between before and after.) Youtube works fine, most websites work fine, and if ever one doesn't want to play nice; you either find something else or just turn off Brave shield temporarily. I've had to do this from time to time with banking for instance, since it was blocking something related to the banks log in process. lol. So yeah, it's not perfect by any means. But it's a far cry better than the others so far in my opinion. And for those who may want to reply with something about how X browser is worse or better than Brave; that's nice but honestly at this point I don't really care anymore. I have Firefox on standby for those few situations where chromium based browsers just don't want to work, and guess what, that's basically all of them now; Brave included. So far, this combo has fared me pretty well. If I could get something that does what Brave does even better without the crypto stuff included, I probably would use it instead. But that's probably going to end up being a heavily modified version of Firefox or Chromium somehow; and thus my earlier point about being 'good enough'.

temp0826 5y ago
There aren't enough tokens in the world to make me accept what you describe about brave. Always surprised when I read HNers actually using it. It just sounds really scummy what they do to me.
- sjmm1989 5y ago
failedengineer 5y ago
That top ad, the one with the "search for names" text boxes that sure looks like you're entering info for your website that actually redirects you to another search website... yeah, that one is particularly pernicious.
- sjmm1989 5y ago
  Never seen that one yet? That seems new to me. But yeah I suppose it would annoy some people.
klyrs 5y ago
Quoting your dead comment for educational purposes... > Just like how none here have a legitimate reason to downvote something that is just my personal preference and opinion based on usage. Please read the guidelines. Crabbing about downvotes is on there. > (Seriously people... be better than redditors.) Please read the guidelines. Calling this reddit is on there. > P.S. Who ever flagged my comment... grow up. There is no possible way I am breaking any rules right now. Not that I am immediately aware of at least. Bottom left corner of the page. You're welcome.
- sjmm1989 5y ago
  Replying to you for... polite purposes. Saying 'be better than' shouldn't be breaking any rules in regards to 'calling this reddit'. I'm merely making a point that I've seen similar actions performed by redditors, and that I expect better. Is that really so terrible? If you think it is, you need to grow up and come to understand how reality actually works friend. Just because you don't like something someone is saying, doesn't make them wrong to say it. Not always at least. For instance, if you are actually right to say what you said, and you see me as annoyed or angry for it being that way; are you wrong for having said it? It's the same thing from my angle. We just have different views on what is acceptable in society, digital or analog as it were. I think it's acceptable to call people out for acting like deplorables. You think it's acceptable to call people for acting how you figure is deplorable. So we aren't really all that different... I just stand by my opinion, because its correct; like it or not. I mean for pete's sake... the website doesn't even have downvote arrows (that I can see at least) and yet some of you are still downvoting... lol... Just like Redditors. Check mate.
  - klyrs 5y ago
    Stick around and make positive contributions and you'll see a downvote button. Can't remember if it's 250 or 750 karma. Arguing with somebody who's patiently explaining why you got flagged isn't productive. I didn't flag or downvote your dead comment, but for the record, I would have if it wasn't already dead. I'd downvote the comment I'm replying to, but cool feature, you don't get to downvote direct replies. And, downvotes are for quiet disagreement. Unpopular opinions go grey. Moderation keeps the site more pleasant than other news aggregators. Greying out unpopular opinions does seem to quell the flame wars a bit. You'll get used to it. Nobody owes you a fight. After all, that's what reddit is for.

temp0826 5y ago

There aren't enough tokens in the world to make me accept what you describe about brave. Always surprised when I read HNers actually using it. It just sounds really scummy what they do to me.

sjmm1989 5y ago

failedengineer 5y ago

That top ad, the one with the "search for names" text boxes that sure looks like you're entering info for your website that actually redirects you to another search website... yeah, that one is particularly pernicious.

sjmm1989 5y ago
Never seen that one yet? That seems new to me. But yeah I suppose it would annoy some people.

klyrs 5y ago

Quoting your dead comment for educational purposes... > Just like how none here have a legitimate reason to downvote something that is just my personal preference and opinion based on usage. Please read the guidelines. Crabbing about downvotes is on there. > (Seriously people... be better than redditors.) Please read the guidelines. Calling this reddit is on there. > P.S. Who ever flagged my comment... grow up. There is no possible way I am breaking any rules right now. Not that I am immediately aware of at least. Bottom left corner of the page. You're welcome.

sjmm1989 5y ago
Replying to you for... polite purposes. Saying 'be better than' shouldn't be breaking any rules in regards to 'calling this reddit'. I'm merely making a point that I've seen similar actions performed by redditors, and that I expect better. Is that really so terrible? If you think it is, you need to grow up and come to understand how reality actually works friend. Just because you don't like something someone is saying, doesn't make them wrong to say it. Not always at least. For instance, if you are actually right to say what you said, and you see me as annoyed or angry for it being that way; are you wrong for having said it? It's the same thing from my angle. We just have different views on what is acceptable in society, digital or analog as it were. I think it's acceptable to call people out for acting like deplorables. You think it's acceptable to call people for acting how you figure is deplorable. So we aren't really all that different... I just stand by my opinion, because its correct; like it or not. I mean for pete's sake... the website doesn't even have downvote arrows (that I can see at least) and yet some of you are still downvoting... lol... Just like Redditors. Check mate.
- klyrs 5y ago
  Stick around and make positive contributions and you'll see a downvote button. Can't remember if it's 250 or 750 karma. Arguing with somebody who's patiently explaining why you got flagged isn't productive. I didn't flag or downvote your dead comment, but for the record, I would have if it wasn't already dead. I'd downvote the comment I'm replying to, but cool feature, you don't get to downvote direct replies. And, downvotes are for quiet disagreement. Unpopular opinions go grey. Moderation keeps the site more pleasant than other news aggregators. Greying out unpopular opinions does seem to quell the flame wars a bit. You'll get used to it. Nobody owes you a fight. After all, that's what reddit is for.