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They kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.
The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn't opt in though...
Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.
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
https://ads.brave.com/
They're not actively replacing elements on a web page, but they're still getting paid to show you ads and you can opt in for some crypto nonsense.
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
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.
Brave has a built in ad blocker
at this point you're just hating on brave for nothing