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As a daily user, I really am curious how you came to this conclusion. Brave is essentially un-googled chromium with ublock built-in. It's available on windows,

As a daily user, I really am curious how you came to this conclusion. Brave is essentially un-googled chromium with ublock built-in. It's available on windows, Linux, osx, and android. I can't imagine how a reasonable person could consider it "adware."

kerkeslager 2y ago
Last I checked, it serves up ads when installed. Literally the definition of adware.
- strix_varius 2y ago
  > it serves up ads when installed. Literally the definition of adware. It, literally, doesn't. I'm baffled by your misapprehension - brave exists to block ads.
  - kerkeslager 2y ago
    You can buy an ad on Brave here: https://brave.com/brave-ads/ https://brave.com/brave-ads/
    - strix_varius 2y ago
      That's for brave's search product (https://search.brave.com/ https://search.brave.com/), not its browser.
      - kerkeslager 2y ago
        From the page: > New tab takeovers: > Striking, high-definition images that are featured in the Brave new tab image rotation. Advertisers have the opportunity to feature their brand prominently in this coveted space in front of millions of consumers. Designed for high-impact branding and awareness campaigns. So, the browser.
        strix_varius 2y ago
        It's surreal to have to explain to someone in HN how browsers work... You can set your homepage to a URL. If that URL has ads on it, like Google or Bing etc, then you will see ads when you open your browser. If you set your homepage to a URL without ads, you will not see ads. This has been true since Netscape Navigator.
        kerkeslager 2y ago
        > It's surreal to have to explain to someone in HN how browsers work... It's surreal that you don't know how your own browser works, and yet you think you're in a position to explain how browsers work. > You can set your homepage to a URL. And if you don't, the browser shows you a screen, which is not a webpage, but a screen served from within the browser, which is true in every modern browser. On your favorite browser, that screen contains ads, and you have to configure your browser to stop showing you ads. What part of the phrase "New Tab Takeover" do you not understand? If you want to use an adware browser that you have to configure to get rid of the ads, and that gets their money from advertisers so they serve them and not you, nobody can stop you. But it's a bit silly to argue that's not what's happening when Brave themselves are advertising this as a service to their users (advertisers--you're not a user, you're the product). It's clear you're not going to face reality, and nobody else is reading this at this point, so I won't be responding further.
- baal80spam 2y ago
  This is false, and always has been.
  - kerkeslager 2y ago
    You can buy an ad on Brave here: https://brave.com/brave-ads/ https://brave.com/brave-ads/
    - strix_varius 2y ago
      That's for brave's search product (https://search.brave.com/ https://search.brave.com/), not its browser.
      - kerkeslager 2y ago
        From the page: > New tab takeovers: > Striking, high-definition images that are featured in the Brave new tab image rotation. Advertisers have the opportunity to feature their brand prominently in this coveted space in front of millions of consumers. Designed for high-impact branding and awareness campaigns. So, the browser.
        strix_varius 2y ago
        It's surreal to have to explain to someone in HN how browsers work... You can set your homepage to a URL. If that URL has ads on it, like Google or Bing etc, then you will see ads when you open your browser. If you set your homepage to a URL without ads, you will not see ads. This has been true since Netscape Navigator.
  - antifa 2y ago
    Brave seemed normal for days/weeks then one day randomly started giving me hourly crypto spam notifications. I had remove it's permission to send notifications.

kerkeslager 2y ago

Last I checked, it serves up ads when installed. Literally the definition of adware.

strix_varius 2y ago
> it serves up ads when installed. Literally the definition of adware. It, literally, doesn't. I'm baffled by your misapprehension - brave exists to block ads.
- kerkeslager 2y ago
  You can buy an ad on Brave here: https://brave.com/brave-ads/ https://brave.com/brave-ads/
  - strix_varius 2y ago
    That's for brave's search product (https://search.brave.com/ https://search.brave.com/), not its browser.
    - kerkeslager 2y ago
      From the page: > New tab takeovers: > Striking, high-definition images that are featured in the Brave new tab image rotation. Advertisers have the opportunity to feature their brand prominently in this coveted space in front of millions of consumers. Designed for high-impact branding and awareness campaigns. So, the browser.
      - strix_varius 2y ago
        It's surreal to have to explain to someone in HN how browsers work... You can set your homepage to a URL. If that URL has ads on it, like Google or Bing etc, then you will see ads when you open your browser. If you set your homepage to a URL without ads, you will not see ads. This has been true since Netscape Navigator.
        kerkeslager 2y ago
        > It's surreal to have to explain to someone in HN how browsers work... It's surreal that you don't know how your own browser works, and yet you think you're in a position to explain how browsers work. > You can set your homepage to a URL. And if you don't, the browser shows you a screen, which is not a webpage, but a screen served from within the browser, which is true in every modern browser. On your favorite browser, that screen contains ads, and you have to configure your browser to stop showing you ads. What part of the phrase "New Tab Takeover" do you not understand? If you want to use an adware browser that you have to configure to get rid of the ads, and that gets their money from advertisers so they serve them and not you, nobody can stop you. But it's a bit silly to argue that's not what's happening when Brave themselves are advertising this as a service to their users (advertisers--you're not a user, you're the product). It's clear you're not going to face reality, and nobody else is reading this at this point, so I won't be responding further.
baal80spam 2y ago
This is false, and always has been.
- kerkeslager 2y ago
  You can buy an ad on Brave here: https://brave.com/brave-ads/ https://brave.com/brave-ads/
  - strix_varius 2y ago
    That's for brave's search product (https://search.brave.com/ https://search.brave.com/), not its browser.
    - kerkeslager 2y ago
      From the page: > New tab takeovers: > Striking, high-definition images that are featured in the Brave new tab image rotation. Advertisers have the opportunity to feature their brand prominently in this coveted space in front of millions of consumers. Designed for high-impact branding and awareness campaigns. So, the browser.
      - strix_varius 2y ago
        It's surreal to have to explain to someone in HN how browsers work... You can set your homepage to a URL. If that URL has ads on it, like Google or Bing etc, then you will see ads when you open your browser. If you set your homepage to a URL without ads, you will not see ads. This has been true since Netscape Navigator.
- antifa 2y ago
  Brave seemed normal for days/weeks then one day randomly started giving me hourly crypto spam notifications. I had remove it's permission to send notifications.