| > Brave's Ads were (and are) off by default. I was never referring to ads that Brave blocks. I'm talking about the new tab ads. Those shouldn't exist. Period. > This type of advertising doesn't go against any of Brave's principles No but it goes against the notion of "ad free browsing" that Brave kind of marketed. Perhaps they toed the line with exactly what they consider "ads" but at the end of the day users installed brave wanting ZERO ads. Replacing someone else's ad for your own is not what I'd call "ad free" nor "ethical", regardless of the use (or lack thereof) of trackers. > Brave's alternative, privacy-preserving advertising model is based on user-control and consent. I never consented to ads. Period. > The user decides whether or not they will participate, and to what degree And I never decided that I wanted ads in my browser, yet here we are. > And, the user's data is never sent off-device; users are rewarded (with 70% of the associated ad revenue) for their attention rather than their data or actions. And what if I don't want a browser that has all of this fancy mining crap in it? Braves stance is "it's okay to add bloat as long as we preserve privacy". Nobody seems to see the problem with this. It's such a middle finger to users, in my opinion. |