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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by Kurtz79 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @08:18AM (#17977981)
Brave is mostly used as a mobile browser.

It is far more practical to download an already adblock-included brower than having to mess with extensions on mobile.

I installed it soon after switching to Android from iOS and I have no complaints, it is fast and it just works.

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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by snaky on Thursday September 13, 2018 @09:33AM (#17978444)
> It is far more practical to download an already adblock-included brower than having to mess with extensions on mobile

You don't need to "opt in to receiving ads sold by Brave Software in place of the blocked ads" for that.

https://www.bromite.org/fdroid

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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by etse on Thursday September 13, 2018 @01:13PM (#17980370)
It's less seamless and user-friendly to have to install F-droid and deal with whatever OS permissions are needed before installing Bromite.

The earlier concern about data sharing and privacy by advertising companies is not an identical problem to users being served ads.

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