This is more general than crypto. I've seen a recurring pattern where a comment of mine gets downvoted pretty quickly after posting, and then gets upvoted hours (or days) later.

This is another reason why you shouldn't comment on voting - in addition to being against the HN guidelines (which should be a reason by itself), comment score can change drastically in the 2-hour edit window. Just don't do it.

Maybe a screenshot? Literally anything.

I’ve been using Brave for a while, even before the crypto stuff but all, and I mean all of that can be turned off. I haven’t seen an Brave ad in place of where a typical ad would be. Ever. That kind of defeats the purpose of Brave, doesn’t it?

The only reason I known internet ads still exist is because of Chrome forced on my work computer.

You're presenting a very persuasive argument for using Brave[1].

1. They automatically block ads.

2. By default, they show no other ads.

3. If the user wants to see ads, the user can opt-in, and then only receive text ads OOB (of the actual content).

I don't think that I've ever had such a joyful reaction to a feature-list in software before.

Thank you.

[1] Downloading it now as I write this.

You keep saying "stealing", I just downloaded (and am now using) Brave, and with a clean install it shows no ads. No "normal" ads nor their own ads.

I just don't wanna see ads; why is that wrong?

It's opt-in. I downloaded the browser, I am using it, and I see no ads, and Brave makes no money of ads.

In order for me to see ads, I have to go into the settings and turn on the flag.

In order for Brave to profit, the user has to go into the config and turn some setting on.

I fail to see how this is stealing, because Brave does not get revenue unless the user takes some specific steps.