Comment on Chrome’s New War: Killing Ad Blockers

cultsuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Fades@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Brave has plenty of problems and chromium base is only one of them, here’s some easy examples from recent history:

  androidpolice.com/…/brave-browser-caught-adding-i…

  The issue came to widespread attention yesterday, when Twitter user @Cryptonator1337 pointed out that Brave Browser auto-filled a referral code to the end of the web address when “binance.us” is typed into the address bar. Binance is a cryptocurrency trading website, and with that referral code, Brave Software could earn 20% from trading fees for every account created using the link.

  cryptobriefing.com/basic-attention-token-rebounds…

  Key Takeaways

  • Brave browser reportedly redirected its users to the company’s own referral links when navigating to different platforms such as Binance, Coinbase, and others.
  • Following the incident, the price of Basic Attention Token plummeted over 6%. 
  • But over the last few hours, the bulls appear to have stepped in, signaling that BAT is poised for further gains.

  While we’re at it fuck every chromium-based browser. Just helping google conquer the internet that much faster.

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• dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Brave is malware that should never be used. If you need a Chromium based browser, Vivaldi is a good choice. Otherwise Firefox.

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