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Well, they pay me to use Brave.

by fswd 4y ago

DonHopkins 4y ago
Browsers should't be get-rich-quick crypto pyramid schemes.
- ea550ff70a 4y ago
  You don't need to put a single dollar into Brave's BAT in order to get paid in them when volunteering to get ads from their ad system (which companies pay for btw). You can easily sell them for hard cash. Your pyramid scheme example doesn't work here buddy.
  - GlassKingdom 4y ago
    The browser does a man-in-the-middle attack on webpages. It’s sketchy, dodgy and scammy. It was bad when they introduced it, but in 2022 it completely indefensible.
    - ea550ff70a 4y ago
      I don't think you understand what a man in the middle is or how it works at the browser engine level but sure keep repeating it.
    - dubswithus 4y ago
      Are you claiming that ad blocking is a MITM attack?
      - GlassKingdom 4y ago
        No. Brave browser hijacks webpages that you view and injects their own adverts onto the webpage. The webpage you requested is not the webpage you are shown, because of the man-in-the-middle attack.
        dubswithus 4y ago
        The ads are notifications. They aren’t injected into the page. You clearly have never used Brave.
tomatowurst 4y ago
- timbit42 4y ago
  Doesn't need to be as long as they can convert it to real money.
  - GlassKingdom 4y ago
    Until the pyramid scheme collapses and everyone loses their money.
    - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
      Genuine question. Can you explain how the BAT coin and system is a pyramid scheme? I don’t know enough about how BAT works.
      - rglullis 4y ago
        It's not. The BAT ecosystem is pretty much the only crypto project that is injected with "real money". It comes from the advertises that want to buy space in Brave's own ad network. For every dollar that an advertisers pays to Brave, they give 70 cents to the users. The payouts are calculated in USD, not in BAT. BAT is only used because it is the "easiest" way to send money to users without getting banks from every corner of the world involved. If you want to cash out the BAT, you need to go through the KYC with one of the partner exchanges. But if you just want to use the BAT to tip other users, no KYC is needed. The ads from Brave are completely private - your browser downloads the whole inventory, the ad-matching is done in-device, and a separate service is responsible in validating double-blind signatures to count for your ad views.
        GlassKingdom 4y ago
        Yes, the Brave browser removes a website’s adverts, and injects its own ads into webpages using a man-in-the-middle attack. It’s sketchy, grubby behavior, and is the reason why websites are starting to block the Brave browser. I notice the BAT cryptotoken has lost lots of value recently. Perhaps that’s why there is lots of desperate Brave spam recently.

Well, they pay me to use Brave.

by fswd 4y ago

Well, they pay me to use Brave.

DonHopkins 4y ago

Browsers should't be get-rich-quick crypto pyramid schemes.

ea550ff70a 4y ago
You don't need to put a single dollar into Brave's BAT in order to get paid in them when volunteering to get ads from their ad system (which companies pay for btw). You can easily sell them for hard cash. Your pyramid scheme example doesn't work here buddy.
- GlassKingdom 4y ago
  The browser does a man-in-the-middle attack on webpages. It’s sketchy, dodgy and scammy. It was bad when they introduced it, but in 2022 it completely indefensible.
  - ea550ff70a 4y ago
    I don't think you understand what a man in the middle is or how it works at the browser engine level but sure keep repeating it.
  - dubswithus 4y ago
    Are you claiming that ad blocking is a MITM attack?
    - GlassKingdom 4y ago
      No. Brave browser hijacks webpages that you view and injects their own adverts onto the webpage. The webpage you requested is not the webpage you are shown, because of the man-in-the-middle attack.
      - dubswithus 4y ago
        The ads are notifications. They aren’t injected into the page. You clearly have never used Brave.

tomatowurst 4y ago

timbit42 4y ago
Doesn't need to be as long as they can convert it to real money.
- GlassKingdom 4y ago
  Until the pyramid scheme collapses and everyone loses their money.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    Genuine question. Can you explain how the BAT coin and system is a pyramid scheme? I don’t know enough about how BAT works.
    - rglullis 4y ago
      It's not. The BAT ecosystem is pretty much the only crypto project that is injected with "real money". It comes from the advertises that want to buy space in Brave's own ad network. For every dollar that an advertisers pays to Brave, they give 70 cents to the users. The payouts are calculated in USD, not in BAT. BAT is only used because it is the "easiest" way to send money to users without getting banks from every corner of the world involved. If you want to cash out the BAT, you need to go through the KYC with one of the partner exchanges. But if you just want to use the BAT to tip other users, no KYC is needed. The ads from Brave are completely private - your browser downloads the whole inventory, the ad-matching is done in-device, and a separate service is responsible in validating double-blind signatures to count for your ad views.
      - GlassKingdom 4y ago
        Yes, the Brave browser removes a website’s adverts, and injects its own ads into webpages using a man-in-the-middle attack. It’s sketchy, grubby behavior, and is the reason why websites are starting to block the Brave browser. I notice the BAT cryptotoken has lost lots of value recently. Perhaps that’s why there is lots of desperate Brave spam recently.