[renewiltord]

Brave did everything perfectly imho. You can't improve on the product for their market. If it works it'll establish a new model for funding. If it doesn't, we know there are lots of liars out there who said they'd pay if "some laundry list of unlikely requests".

[cinntaile]

I'm putting my money on most of them being liars. I don't think they're deliberately lying. It's just that people tend to overestimate their willingness to pay when they don't actually have to put their money where their mouth is.

This isn't really a new idea either, Flattr does pretty much the same thing as a chrome add-on so no need for cryptocurrencies or new browsers.

[0-_-0]

One thing they could have done better is releasing a Firefox plugin that lets you do the same model but from Firefox... I like the model but I like Firefox more.

Another thing that comes to mind is if it was possible for a "creator" to reward those that donated.

[AniseAbyss]

I find it very unlikely that the hundreds of billions currently being spent on internet advertising can be replaced with donations. I hate ads but there is no question that they pay the bills.