moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBrave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PCwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square253linkfedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down183
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minus-squaredarkkite@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down74·1 month agoI’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 month agoThat sounds like fear mongering, but ok.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoBrave was found to inject crypto referral links into your clicks url auto complete. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/brave-affiliate-links-autocomplete
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down11·1 month agoThey kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up98arrow-down8·1 month agoThe fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn’t opt in though…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down2·1 month agoAlso, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·1 month agoSure, but that’s opt-in. By default, it just blocks ads.
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoUh… no? It just puts sponsored backgrounds when you open new tabs or windows notifications if you opt-in It never replaced ads in websites afaik
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agohttps://ads.brave.com/ They’re not actively replacing elements on a web page, but they’re still getting paid to show you ads and you can opt in for some crypto nonsense.
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoSure, so? It’s still opt-in, and by default it sends the generated crypto money to creators and websites you visit If you don’t like it, don’t enable it? They’re pretty transparent about how it works overall They have pretty much abandoned this feature anyways
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoIt’s opt-in for now, how many times do we have to play this game? I’ll keep using Firefox with uBo to actually block ads instead of a browser that’s running its own ad delivery system.
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·1 month agoBrave has a built in ad blocker at this point you’re just hating on brave for nothing
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 month agoSure, that sucks, but the product is good You can’t always agree with everyone
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down42·edit-21 month agodeleted by creator
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s saying that he left Mozilla for that. He’s still CEO of Brave
minus-squareoverload@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoCan’t believe this poor reading comprehension is getting upvoted.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoWhat’s amazing is they proved themselves wrong in their own post, thinking they proved themselves right. It’s actually impressive.
minus-squareoverload@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYou don’t see it everyday that’s for sure.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoThat’s pretty par for the course for Internet arguments in my experience. Then they get all huffy after you explain why their source doesn’t say what they claimed and try to complain that because you didn’t supply a source, they’re still right.
minus-squarearcterus@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoTbh kinda explains why they use Brave
minus-squareAda@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 month agoHe left Mozilla (chased out because he’s a homophobe) and went on to found Brave, where he still remains
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoAh, thank you for the clarification.
minus-squarealk@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 month agoIt’s okay, it’s never too late to switch.
I’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature
That you know of
That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.
Brave was found to inject crypto referral links into your
clicksurl auto complete.https://www.tomsguide.com/news/brave-affiliate-links-autocomplete
They kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.
The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn’t opt in though…
Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.
Sure, but that’s opt-in. By default, it just blocks ads.
Uh… no? It just puts sponsored backgrounds when you open new tabs or windows notifications if you opt-in
It never replaced ads in websites afaik
https://ads.brave.com/
They’re not actively replacing elements on a web page, but they’re still getting paid to show you ads and you can opt in for some crypto nonsense.
Sure, so? It’s still opt-in, and by default it sends the generated crypto money to creators and websites you visit
If you don’t like it, don’t enable it? They’re pretty transparent about how it works overall
They have pretty much abandoned this feature anyways
It’s opt-in for now, how many times do we have to play this game?
I’ll keep using Firefox with uBo to actually block ads instead of a browser that’s running its own ad delivery system.
Brave has a built in ad blocker
at this point you’re just hating on brave for nothing
Sure, that sucks, but the product is good
You can’t always agree with everyone
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That’s saying that he left Mozilla for that. He’s still CEO of Brave
Can’t believe this poor reading comprehension is getting upvoted.
What’s amazing is they proved themselves wrong in their own post, thinking they proved themselves right. It’s actually impressive.
You don’t see it everyday that’s for sure.
That’s pretty par for the course for Internet arguments in my experience. Then they get all huffy after you explain why their source doesn’t say what they claimed and try to complain that because you didn’t supply a source, they’re still right.
Tbh kinda explains why they use Brave
Thanks.
He left Mozilla (chased out because he’s a homophobe) and went on to found Brave, where he still remains
Ah, thank you for the clarification.
It’s okay, it’s never too late to switch.