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How is it a scam?

thatguy0900 4y ago
There was a big uproar when it came out, they would accept donations on behalf of creators even if those creators had never made any kind of contract with them. Not sure if they still do that but it's pretty sketchy behavior to take money on behalf of someone you've never talked to and probably doesn't want you taking money for them. Especially people that already have actual donation methods.
- jonathansampson 4y ago
  That's quite misleading; please see my response to a previous comment regarding the initial "payments" UI/UX: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32755143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32755143.
k__ 4y ago
Don't encourage them.
- nwienert 4y ago
  In the future, just flag. It's explicitly breaking rules.
  - speedgoose 4y ago
    How is it breaking the rules?
    - nwienert 4y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Under comments, rule #1, 2, 6. No one benefits from your comment. If you think it's a scam, put some rationale. It's a lazy comment that adds no value.
      - speedgoose 4y ago
        I was merely replying to one answer to my comment. I don’t think one has to write an essay in such discussions. Water is wet, scams are scams.
        nwienert 4y ago
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        speedgoose 4y ago
        Again, I don’t see why my comment needs any special long explanation. It’s short and I answer that I don’t want to support scams. The context is clear from the comments thread, crypto money features in Brave are considered as scammy by many. I believe most people understood. I’m sorry you wasted time reading my comment.
smoldesu 4y ago
Brave directly profits off of showing their users advertisements. I have no intention of supporting that monetization scheme, crypto or not. It's a direct downgrade from the privacy models of Ungoogled Chromium and Firefox.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  Firefox also profits from showing ads, search "sponsored" in about:preferences. This is on by default, but I think firefox users forget about it because everybody with sense disables it.

How is it a scam?

There was a big uproar when it came out, they would accept donations on behalf of creators even if those creators had never made any kind of contract with them. Not sure if they still do that but it's pretty sketchy behavior to take money on behalf of someone you've never talked to and probably doesn't want you taking money for them. Especially people that already have actual donation methods.

jonathansampson 4y ago
That's quite misleading; please see my response to a previous comment regarding the initial "payments" UI/UX: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32755143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32755143.

k__ 4y ago

Don't encourage them.

nwienert 4y ago
In the future, just flag. It's explicitly breaking rules.
- speedgoose 4y ago
  How is it breaking the rules?
  - nwienert 4y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Under comments, rule #1, 2, 6. No one benefits from your comment. If you think it's a scam, put some rationale. It's a lazy comment that adds no value.
    - speedgoose 4y ago
      I was merely replying to one answer to my comment. I don’t think one has to write an essay in such discussions. Water is wet, scams are scams.
      - nwienert 4y ago
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        speedgoose 4y ago
        Again, I don’t see why my comment needs any special long explanation. It’s short and I answer that I don’t want to support scams. The context is clear from the comments thread, crypto money features in Brave are considered as scammy by many. I believe most people understood. I’m sorry you wasted time reading my comment.

smoldesu 4y ago

Brave directly profits off of showing their users advertisements. I have no intention of supporting that monetization scheme, crypto or not. It's a direct downgrade from the privacy models of Ungoogled Chromium and Firefox.

MichaelCollins 4y ago
Firefox also profits from showing ads, search "sponsored" in about:preferences. This is on by default, but I think firefox users forget about it because everybody with sense disables it.