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by ozten 1680 days ago
Agreed. I recently tried to adopt Brave on iOS. There in-app marketing messages are cringe-worthy[1] and there isn't a way to opt-out as far as I have found.

This seems unethical, as I consider these messages as unwanted advertisements for MLM crypto projects. Brave removes paid ads from the internet, but subjects me to in-app advertisements for pyramid schemes (Sorry, I mean ground floor crypto investment opportunities).

Background: I think BAT is fine and have no problem with it if it is communicated in a user centered way. Trying to fix the web's business model is an interesting experiment.

[1] "Upland: Blockchain Metaverse - Flip virtual properties. Earn UPX. Sell for $. Signup Bonus" https://twitter.com/ozten/status/1459578272094720000
2 comments
5560675260 1680 days ago
> There in-app marketing messages are cringe-worthy[1] and there isn't a way to opt-out

Aren't ads opt in?

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ozten 1680 days ago
This is a "push notification" style in-app message that I am calling an "Ad". I don't know what the correct terminology is within Brave's chrome.
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5560675260 1680 days ago
Yeah, those are opt in. Go to settings - "Brave Rewards" to disable ads in push notifications.
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nieve 1680 days ago
If the person you're replying to didn't turn it on and it's on, it's not opt-in. That's opt-out.
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5560675260 1677 days ago
My assumption is that OP turned it on, but forgot about doing it at some point. This feature in Brave is advertised as opt-in and it was off by default for me each time I've installed this browser.
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bbondy 1680 days ago
> there isn't a way to opt-out as far as I have found.

Navigate to: brave://settings/wallet

Set Default cyrptocurrency wallet to None, and set Show Brave Wallet icon on toolbar to off

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ozten 1680 days ago
Thank you for your help.

1) I'm probably dumb, but on iOS putting brave://settings/wallet into the address bar puts me into Brave search results. No leading or trailing spaces.

2) This setting will disable in-app marketing messages? I'm interested in disabling the "Brave Rewards" in app notifications.

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Ancapistani 1680 days ago
> I'm interested in disabling the "Brave Rewards" in app notifications.

That's in settings, too... but aren't those opt-in? I could have sworn they were when I set up my profile for the first time. I'm going to re-install in a clean VM and see what their first-time user UX is like these days.

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