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Re:Flattr is closing down by mminer237 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @12:13PM (#39044398)
This is essentially Brave browser's entire proposition for its existence.
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Re:Flattr is closing down by amelius on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:09PM (#39045235)
When clicking "Private advertising" on the Brave website you get:

> Powerful Ad Formats (...)

> Diversify from Big Tech channels, and get the first-mover advantage of advertising in the fastest-growing search engine since Bing. Search ads are privacy-preserving, text-based ads that appear at the top of a user’s search engine results page (SERP).

> (...)

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Re:Flattr is closing down by mminer237 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @03:59PM (#39047637)
Yeah, they themselves serve ads on their search engine. That's wholly separate from Brave Rewards and you can block their ads just the same.
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