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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by billme on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:12PM (#23236506)
It is horrible & toxic — no party regardless of intent should be collecting funds on behave of another party unless that party has legally agreed for it — or they’re legally using a well known structure for doing so that’s audited; for example, in the country Brave is headquartered, a non-profit business.
Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by ketamine__ on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:15PM (#23236564)
https://twitter.com/tomscott/status/1085238644926005248

> A final update on the thread about Brave: they're now opt-in for creators! While it's still possible to tip folks who haven't opted in, the data is stored in-browser and the UI has been clarified. These are good changes, and they fix the complaints I had!

Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by billme on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @12:30PM (#23236806)
Brave doesn’t make it easy to see the changes they made without installing the software and likely having to buy their crypto to test it; appears Brave is still selling the tokens for third-parties without their knowledge. System should be you send funds, transfer is not done until 3rd party authorization is received, 3rd party has no fee cash option instead (fees if any paid by donor) — and transaction voids after 30-days.
Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by ketamine__ on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:03PM (#23238762)
> Brave doesn’t make it easy to see the changes they made without installing the software

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser

> and likely having to buy their crypto to test it

I have 24 BAT and I didn't buy them. I donate some of what I earn from ads to a project maintainer on Github.

> Brave is still selling the tokens for third-parties without their knowledge

Brave doesn't sell tokens. They did raise money through a token sale but that's not relevant.

> System should be you send funds, transfer is not done until 3rd party authorization is received, 3rd party has no fee cash option instead (fees if any paid by donor) — and transaction voids after 30-days.

The transfer isn't done until the creator verifies with Brave. See my comment above.

Doing a minimum of reading (wiki, brave website, reddit) would do wonders for your comments.

Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by billme on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:04PM (#23240170)
So Brave blocks AD from one creator, made gave you tokens to give a another person of your choice for watching their ADs?

What am I missing? You’re basically stealing, fencing the goods, and somehow giving away the proceeds makes that okay and I need to waste my time reading more?

As for doing more reading, sounds like a personal attack, if so, combined with your “Robin Hood” life style, maybe you’re the one that needs to spend more time.

Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by ketamine__ on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:29PM (#23240489)
It's not a personal attack. You have made so many false claims. I'm out.
Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by billme on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:58PM (#23240804)
Where did I make false claims?