Re:Brave Browser and the Wayback Machine: Working Together
by bad_user on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:08AM
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> Do you believe it's ethical for a user agent to block ads, or that it's unethical and a form of theft?
It's ethical if the user chooses to do so due to privacy concerns or other related reasons.
It is NOT ethical if the maker of the user-agent is profiting from it, being essentially copyright infringement.
Projects like uBlock Origin are very different from Brave, because the company behind Brave directly profits from blocking ads. Without ads and ads blocking, Brave doesn't have a business.
It's ethical if the user chooses to do so due to privacy concerns or other related reasons.
It is NOT ethical if the maker of the user-agent is profiting from it, being essentially copyright infringement.
Projects like uBlock Origin are very different from Brave, because the company behind Brave directly profits from blocking ads. Without ads and ads blocking, Brave doesn't have a business.