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by BrendanEich 2810 days ago
We don't replace ads on publisher sites without that publisher as partner; they get 70% of the gross revenue, user gets 15%.

No point repeating something you heard a while ago from the NAA when they wrote a "Cease and Desist" letter to us that did not contain those words (because we weren't doing anything to cease or desist). All our opt-in models require consent.

User-private ads go in user-owned channels (notifications and tabs), not in publisher inventory, if the user opts in. User gets 70%.

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You've given them the choice of not monetizing their content or paying you. It's the slimy Mafia business model. There is nothing decentralized about this.
Do you have a list of publisher partners anywhere?
Over 23,000 creators verified but we do not list without consent. You can see verified status in the Payments panel in settings after taking a free token grant to fund your wallet.
From user tweets, people notice washingtonpost.com, theguardian.com, vice.com, other bigs have verfied. From our own announcements, Dow Jones Media Group, Town Square Media, and more to come.
https://batgrowth.com/publishers - someone built a scraper, code is on GitHub.