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I truly wish Brave would succeed, as we need more alternative browsers that go against the established tech, but when I see PR announcements like this I can't h

by imiric 1y ago

I truly wish Brave would succeed, as we need more alternative browsers that go against the established tech, but when I see PR announcements like this I can't help but think that they're digging themselves deeper into irrelevance. It's like the entire company exists within a tech bubble of buzzwords and hype that no sane person would ever want to be in, even if they understood all the technobabble, perhaps even less in that case. > “This is a bold leap toward an open internet,” said Sandy Carter, COO of Unstoppable Domains. “.brave puts digital identity in the hands of everyday users, not platforms.” Huh? How does a branded domain that can only be visited by browsers that support it contribute to an "open" internet? It's literally controlled by corporations and platforms, despite the fact that an individual can technically "own" it. I do think that BAT is a good step forward for alternative business models on the web. We need more of that and less of this Web3 nonsense.

TheNewsIsHere 1y ago
Brave exists in exactly the niche of those that desire to hear these kind of high-minded ideas, or participate in experimental attempts at such things, while not really understanding the topics involved. That isn’t an indictment of Brave’s entire user base. I tried it, and tried to like it, several times. Always kept going back to Firefox. Which Mozilla makes increasingly hard to do from a philosophical perspective, but that’s another story.
charcircuit 1y ago
>It's literally controlled by corporations and platforms The NFT based domains are controlled by a decentralized network of computers. Compare this to web2 which is actually literally controlled by corporations with registrars and ICANN. >that can only be visited by browsers that support it Unstoppable Domains already work out of the box on Brave and Opera. Other Firefox and Chromium browsers can download the web extention for it to be able to resolve the domains.

by imiric 1y ago

TheNewsIsHere 1y ago

Brave exists in exactly the niche of those that desire to hear these kind of high-minded ideas, or participate in experimental attempts at such things, while not really understanding the topics involved. That isn’t an indictment of Brave’s entire user base. I tried it, and tried to like it, several times. Always kept going back to Firefox. Which Mozilla makes increasingly hard to do from a philosophical perspective, but that’s another story.

charcircuit 1y ago

>It's literally controlled by corporations and platforms The NFT based domains are controlled by a decentralized network of computers. Compare this to web2 which is actually literally controlled by corporations with registrars and ICANN. >that can only be visited by browsers that support it Unstoppable Domains already work out of the box on Brave and Opera. Other Firefox and Chromium browsers can download the web extention for it to be able to resolve the domains.