Brave browser now blocks cookie banners

Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by dannyobrien on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @12:10PM (#33264262)

Was there any evidence this ever happened? I feel like people conflate "a browser with an ad-blocker, plus a separate incentivized advertising system" with something that literally inserted advertisements where the removed ones were.

I get Brave ads as either on its main tab, or as separate notifications I get a reward for. I can believe there were variants on that, but I want more information about what they were.

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Re:Brave browser now blocks cookie banners by angryasian on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @12:19PM (#33264389)

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3284076/brave-browser-...

from 2018

https://productmint.com/brave-business-model-how-does-brave-...

its worse

>In June, reports emerged, which stated that the company had been quietly inserting affiliate links for certain search queries without telling users. For instance, Brave had added a home widget for Binance a month prior, which turned out to redirect users via its affiliate offering.

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