JS wasn't alone in the '90s, MS did VBScript in response. This genie was not going back in the bottle, even ignore Java, ActiveX, etc. Brave private ads system

JS wasn't alone in the '90s, MS did VBScript in response. This genie was not going back in the bottle, even ignore Java, ActiveX, etc. Brave private ads system is off by default. Users enable it voluntarily and get 70% of the gross without any data on our servers. Ad matching is done via a pushed ad catalog and local-to-browser machines learning. Impression counting for revshare payments uses a Chaumian blind signature protocol (same crypto as Privacy Pass). If I cold-read your comment here, I get the impression you think Brave's ads are on by default, or you want to leave that impression on readers. It's false. We also do not inject ads into pages. The opt-in private ads go in your ad slots (notifications, new tab pages), not in any publisher slots. Your last paragraph (a few other HN regulars do this too) uses dishonest language: "links" mean hyperlinks in pages, and we never added any affiliate code to those. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31088549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31088549