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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by srich36 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:59PM (#23442595)
This is similar to when Pinterest did this back in 2012 and very quickly made large amounts of money but were crushed by public opinion and quickly shut the practice down. It’ll be interesting to see how Brave responds.

1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2...

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by lexs on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:08PM (#23442680)
Ironic that you posted an AMP link

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2012/2/8/2783807/pintr...

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by llacb47 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @07:51PM (#23443406)
That's still an AMP link
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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by greenyoda on Saturday June 06, 2020 @08:45PM (#23443684)
Non-AMP link: https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/8/2783807/pintrest-skimming-...
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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by drannex on Saturday June 06, 2020 @07:07PM (#23443147)
Tumblr implemented this about two years ago, not sure on revenue but I imagine it's been very effective for them.

(You can disable this for your personal blog posts in settings)

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