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Re:Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube by xyzzy_plugh on Friday November 17, 2017 @09:03PM (#15727409)
Why shouldn't Brave adopt this exact model?
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Re:Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube by reificator on Saturday November 18, 2017 @05:04PM (#15730951)
Because if I donate to the EFF and it instead goes to a certain charity that kills something like 90% of the pets it takes in, I'm going to be upset.

If I donate to my favorite YouTube personality and instead the money goes to PewDiePie's empire, I'm going to be upset.

The difference between donations and taxes is that I can choose who to fund and how much. If that choice is no longer mine, and I have a strong chance to fund entities I find morally repulsive, then why donate?

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