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Brave is charging $60 to remove features it added in the first place (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] -4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what "certain features" are.

Would you like to know or were just just wanting to be contrarian?

How, exactly, is a dashboard that toggles some settings on or off is worth 60 dollars?

It's not. And its not supposed to be. Its to fund the development of the browser.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    It’s not. And its not supposed to be. Its to fund the development of the browser.

    "Deal with worse UX or pay us to develop more crap" is not a good way to entice "voluntary" donations. Though I guess they know their audience is full of copium anyway, maybe it is an effective way at least, we'll see.

    Would you like to know or were just just wanting to be contrarian?

    Funny you should say that, usually when I check tech threads - somehow you're always there being downvoted to all hell for writing something edgy in a very pedantic (i.e. obnoxious) way. Including this thread. You could have just listed the damn features twice already when prompted about them, but you're actively choosing to continue bullshitting as though you're on twitter and farming for clout. I think I'll just block you now.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    "Deal with worse UX or pay us to develop more crap" is not a good way to entice "voluntary" donations.

    That's okay because that's not what's happening, as I've already explained. It is a purchase, not a donation. It's not a novel approach, many other beloved FOSS software take a similar approach to secure funding. Off the top of my head, Zorin OS, Immich, OSMAnd, OnlyOffice, Cryptpad, etc.

    You could have just listed the damn features twice already when prompted about them

    I was never prompted. You could have just asked. But I think it's abundantly clear at this point that you just don't want to know.

    Thank you for blocking me, I appreciate it.

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