• darkkite@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature

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          Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.

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            4 months ago

            Uh… no? It just puts sponsored backgrounds when you open new tabs or windows notifications if you opt-in

            It never replaced ads in websites afaik

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                Sure, so? It’s still opt-in, and by default it sends the generated crypto money to creators and websites you visit

                If you don’t like it, don’t enable it? They’re pretty transparent about how it works overall

                They have pretty much abandoned this feature anyways

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                  It’s opt-in for now, how many times do we have to play this game?

                  I’ll keep using Firefox with uBo to actually block ads instead of a browser that’s running its own ad delivery system.

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                    Brave has a built in ad blocker

                    at this point you’re just hating on brave for nothing

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          It’s also just another flavor of chromium so it still helps Google maintain their monopoly.

          Anyone trying to de-google needs to be using Firefox.

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          Peter Thiel was also a major, early investor in the project.

          That’s another ‘this one thing should let you know this is radioactive.’

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          If you only use software that is created by people you like… well… i guess your only choice will be an abacus…

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            I don’t care if I like them. I very much care if I’m making money for people who are actively trying to take away my rights

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              People act like these fuckers dont influence anything, like they exist in some bubble away from reality. It matters what you use. What you use empowers the creator.

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          Sure, that sucks, but the product is good

          You can’t always agree with everyone

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      Not interacted doesnt mean it’s non-existant.
      It exists and therefore it’s bad enough.

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        4 months ago

        it’s bad enough.

        This is debatable. i find some that people hate on AI and crypto regardless of it’s implementation

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          Exactly this. They’re acting braindead and disliking things for no valid reason

          Just massively spreading misinformation

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        4 months ago

        Existent**

        It’s fine as a browser and it does a good job at syncing across devices. Still my chrome based browser of choice.

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          How mich actual difference (minus the crypto) is there to base-chromium?
          Afaik chromium is capable pf being a browser. Does that also have syncing or is it not capable of that?