• smollittlefrog@lemdro.id
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        1 year ago

        I’ve read the article and I don’t understand the issue.

        The founder is a homophobe

        I don’t care. He represents Brave just as little as he represents Mozilla or Javascript.

        It didn’t do ad replacements

        I don’t care. Why should that be a reason not to use the browser? It doesn’t have a feature that no other browser has either, oh no.

        Setting up a system to turn BAT into money isn’t worth it for websites, since not enough people use Brave to generate relevant revenue

        I don’t care. If you care about maximizing websites’ profit, you should use Chrome (with no adblock).

        It’s bloated with Web3 stuff

        I don’t care. Browsers are extremely bloated anyways.

        They partnered with Web3 companies

        I don’t care. They didn’t try to scam anyone, they just offered services/features for those interested in Web3.

        They added affiliate codes to URLs

        I care a little, but not much. Claiming it’s anti privacy is ridiculous. The website can see you’re using Brave no matter whether you’re using an affiliate link or not. But it’s still something a browser definitely shouldn’t do without user consent (and an option to opt out).

        • cr3wm4t3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          you’re technically correct, which is the best kind of correct. english is not my first language, that’s why i mixed this up probably.