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A comment on Goggles: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Goggles: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web ... by soundnote on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:34AM (#28941873)
> Pocketing money from the Ad-view rewards if not claimed. I can't tell if they are actually pocket or just wait for registration of $creator. How else would they do it? They can't magically find out their bank account.

They don't. There was some confusion about things initially, but no BAT leaves a user's machine unless the creator the BAT is assigned to signs up.

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Re:Goggles: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web ... by Gargyle on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:38AM (#28941898)
Which is a way weaker statement than what the parent implied.
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Re:Goggles: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web ... by KennyBlanken on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:49AM (#28941973)
I didn't "imply" anything. I outright stated that they were running donation scams. The person who replied to me didn't understand what I was talking about.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181221180137if_/https://twitte...

Brave put a "donate to this person" button on creator content, took donations of cryptocurrency on that person's behalf, and then pocketed the crypto if the creator didn't register for Brave's program.

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Re:Goggles: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web ... by Gargyle on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:10AM (#28942105)
Because that is not obvious and your post looked like uncharitable interpretation of uncertain things.

Are there others than Tom Scott claiming this?

Are there underhanded motivations propable on Tom Scott's side against BraveBrowser or the other way around?

My motivation? Wanting a browser that is actually pro-user.

If BraveBrowser (wont ever use brave as adjective there) used their platform to do underhanded tactics against people that didn't attack first than this would be interesting and a reason to toss any thought about using it. I don't see a trend there yet. More sources? I crave.

I'd love if Mozilla got their shit together but I am not seeing it coming.

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Re:Goggles: Democracy dies in darkness, and so does the Web ... by davidgerard on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:36AM (#28946003)
> Are there underhanded motivations propable on Tom Scott's side against BraveBrowser or the other way around?

Before making a claim like this, perhaps you could google Tom Scott, a well-known YouTuber who is frequently linked on HN.

The incident in question is covered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18734999

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