[msvan]

But people don't use Brave because they care about privacy. It's the whole monetization angle that appeals to people, right?

[crocodiletears]

Tech illiterates tend to think of privacy first, when discussing Brave. Go into any geeky subculture not full of programmers, and ask about a privacy browser. Brave always comes up, the monetization model rarely does

[three_seagrass]

Tech illiterates are typically not geeky subcultures, and they say they value privacy when asked but in reality they prefer free and easy to use/access.

[crocodiletears]

I'm referring primarily to gaming subcultures (board and video). Tech illiterate may not be the proper term. But most geeky people I know (even the ones who build their own PCs, and dabble in scripting) have a very cargo-cultish understanding of computing technologies.

Dilettantes, perhaps?

[three_seagrass]

Even a cargo-cultish understanding is an understanding and not tech illiterate. I wouldn't call someone who can build a pc tech illiterate.

[criddell]

Where are tech illiterates discussing Brave?

[crocodiletears]

I posted this in another child comment, but I think the same response is appropriate. I've miscommunicated.

I'm referring primarily to gaming subcultures (board and video). Tech illiterate may not be the proper term. But most geeky people I know (even the ones who build their own PCs, and dabble in scripting) have a very cargo-cultish understanding of computing technologies.

Dilettantes, perhaps?

[glouwbug]

He's probably referring to r/programming

[codehalo]

Meanwhile, this site has been shitting on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies since 2009.

[tokai]

/g/

[dsissitka]

I use it because it seems like it might be our only hope for a Blink based browser with minimal Google nonsense. For example, see how Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi (And Mozilla, even though they're not Blink based.) responded to Manifest v3.