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Re:Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no prof... by fullstop on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:21AM (#26330480)
I wonder if payment in BAT will be an option?
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Re:Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no prof... by mozey on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:43PM (#26331840)
> payment in BAT

payment in Basic Attention Token... isn't that exactly how the Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc advertising business models work. BAT is basically a reward for watching adds right?

I like the idea of paying my content producers directly better, see for example https://coil.com. Cut out the middleman

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Re:Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no prof... by fullstop on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:56PM (#26332026)
It's an optional reward, and that is the key difference in my opinion.
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Re:Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no prof... by elwell on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:40PM (#26331792)
Probably, but you'll probably have to KYC as well...
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