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Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    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.

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