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Re:Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensio... by cercatrova on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:04PM (#22909101)
Replacing ads with their own ads, running a cryptocurrency within the browser. I don't want microtransactions to view sites which I feel like is what Brave is hoping for in the future. I mean, microtransactions are the name of the game in cryptocurrency but doing so for online content is especially egregious.
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Re:Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensio... by infinityplus1 on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:17PM (#22909223)
Isn't it opt-in? I simply don't enable those features. You can even hide the Brave Rewards button in the settings.
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Re:Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensio... by SahAssar on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:34PM (#22909386)
Even if it's opt-in I still think it's shady and reflects on what the company thinks the future of its browser is.
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Re:Kiwi Browser - Android Chrome based browser with extensio... by kodablah on Saturday April 18, 2020 @01:41PM (#22909454)
When able to do so, many choose products based on principles regardless of how they use them specifically (hypocrisy and comparison of evils notwithstanding).
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