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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by jonathansampson on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:14PM (#17972101)
You're 100% incorrect; the ad blocker is on by default. And Brave doesn't show any ads by default. I would like to invite you to actually download the application before making such egregious claims.

Also, consider reading my response to "replacing ads" here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17972072

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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by brettz on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:46PM (#17974951)
How is an adblock on by default going to save the internet? No one likes paywalls.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by andirk on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:11PM (#17975079)
Content creators get paid via Basic Attention Token. Wow ppl reply without reading anything. BAT is all about attention. Pay attention!
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by zormino on Thursday September 13, 2018 @12:56AM (#17976172)
But what if I'm not interested in these particular digital tokens out of the pool of thousands? I get they have a dollar value associated with them, but I don't want them. I want exactly 0 of them. I want 0 pretend cash tokens of any kind. Why would the browser vendor get to decide this on my behalf?
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by brettz on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:51PM (#17975286)
I prefer not paying for content, which includes micro-transactions. I don't think I'm alone on that sentiment. If publishers won't get enough "BAT" through micro-transactions, the content will end up behind a paywall.
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