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Automatically inserting affiliate links into URLs when users visit certain e-commerce websites. Integration of Web3 features, including cryptocurrency wallets

Automatically inserting affiliate links into URLs when users visit certain e-commerce websites. Integration of Web3 features, including cryptocurrency wallets and NFT support. Inclusion of Brave News and sponsored images on the new tab page. Addition of a VPN service within the browser. Feels very scammy and grifty for a project that's supposedly about user privacy.

arcticbull 2y ago
It was always just a crypto grift.
chillingeffect 2y ago
1. Sleazy 2. Weird but not evil 3. 100% acceptable 4. Good, maybe. What vpn?
- Technetium 2y ago
  4. No, it is not good. "Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37932754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37932754
somenameforme 2y ago
#1 existed for literally 24 hours and was clearly a stupid idea. #2 opt-in only. #3 agreed. annoying. can opt out. #4 opt-in only. #5 disagreed.
- CharlieDigital 2y ago
  Broken trust, even if only 24h.
- notsylver 2y ago
  opt-in but afaik they still show up in places unless you disable them
- philistine 2y ago
  Has Brave advertised those opt-in features on first launch forcing a choice? Cause that is scammy if they did.
  - skeaker 2y ago
    Not a Brave user but I have managed it at a workplace before. Far as I recall they show a wallet button at the top right near the extensions button and show crypto trading rates alongside the weather on the default new tab page. Disabling the wallet icon could be done with a right click and a left click, and the new tab page could be customized in settings to show less stuff pretty easily. Might be different now.
jemmyw 2y ago
> Automatically inserting affiliate links into URLs when users visit certain e-commerce websites. Happened before I even started using it, and I've been using it for a long while now. Probably time to let this one go? > Integration of Web3 features, including cryptocurrency wallets and NFT support. That's not a new feature, it's been in there since I started using it, and it's off by default and then easily hidden. It didn't turn up one day turned on. > Inclusion of Brave News and sponsored images on the new tab page. Yeah I'll give you this one. I've turned this off... I mean they're developing free to use software, so I feel bad about it. I'd probably pay for Brave at this point, but I don't want to see ads ever. At least it's easy to turn off. > Addition of a VPN service within the browser. I think this one is fine? I used it once when I was staying at a hotel, it was easy to use, other than that it's just hidden.

arcticbull 2y ago

It was always just a crypto grift.

chillingeffect 2y ago

1. Sleazy 2. Weird but not evil 3. 100% acceptable 4. Good, maybe. What vpn?

Technetium 2y ago
4. No, it is not good. "Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37932754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37932754

somenameforme 2y ago

#1 existed for literally 24 hours and was clearly a stupid idea. #2 opt-in only. #3 agreed. annoying. can opt out. #4 opt-in only. #5 disagreed.

CharlieDigital 2y ago
Broken trust, even if only 24h.
notsylver 2y ago
opt-in but afaik they still show up in places unless you disable them
philistine 2y ago
Has Brave advertised those opt-in features on first launch forcing a choice? Cause that is scammy if they did.
- skeaker 2y ago
  Not a Brave user but I have managed it at a workplace before. Far as I recall they show a wallet button at the top right near the extensions button and show crypto trading rates alongside the weather on the default new tab page. Disabling the wallet icon could be done with a right click and a left click, and the new tab page could be customized in settings to show less stuff pretty easily. Might be different now.

jemmyw 2y ago

> Automatically inserting affiliate links into URLs when users visit certain e-commerce websites. Happened before I even started using it, and I've been using it for a long while now. Probably time to let this one go? > Integration of Web3 features, including cryptocurrency wallets and NFT support. That's not a new feature, it's been in there since I started using it, and it's off by default and then easily hidden. It didn't turn up one day turned on. > Inclusion of Brave News and sponsored images on the new tab page. Yeah I'll give you this one. I've turned this off... I mean they're developing free to use software, so I feel bad about it. I'd probably pay for Brave at this point, but I don't want to see ads ever. At least it's easy to turn off. > Addition of a VPN service within the browser. I think this one is fine? I used it once when I was staying at a hotel, it was easy to use, other than that it's just hidden.