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Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by muckrakerz on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:17PM (#20290278)
Yes. I want a citation for this. As far as I'm aware this is completely untrue.
Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by muckrakerz on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:25PM (#20290339)
That isn't what he is claiming though. He's claiming that they do this without the users consent. If I want a page re-skinned in purple to hell with what the content provider wants. It is also reasonable, as Eich pointed out, to act as a mediator for unrequested donations. Which is what Brave does.

Would it be nice to reject these donations? Sure. But we don't demand that with any other transmission service. If Eich and the user concede to the terms and if you accept the money, what is the problem moral or otherwise?

Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by ppeetteerr on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:19PM (#20290299)
Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by BrendanEich on Monday July 01, 2019 @05:28PM (#20329933)
Your second link is to our blog post about user ads, which do not go in slots on publisher pages.

Your first link is to a tech journalist who misreports what we actually do, for reasons I cannot fathom and won't guess at.

Anyway, we do not replace publisher ads we block. Check it out for yourself.

Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by chance_state on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:20PM (#20290302)
For at least one of those claims,

>They monetize the content of others and don't tell them.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999

Re:Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine... by dymk on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @07:19PM (#20290297)