Exactly! It's a rent-seeking model.

> I look forward to the "personal computing" period, with small models distributed everywhere...

Like the web, which worked out great?

Our Internet is largely centralized platforms. Built on technology controlled by trillion dollar titans.

Google somehow got the lion share of browser usage and is now dictating the direction of web tech, including the removal of adblock. The URL bar defaults to Google search, where the top results are paid ads.

Your typical everyday person uses their default, locked down iPhone or Android to consume Google or Apple platform products. They then communicate with their friends over Meta platforms, Reddit, or Discord.

The decentralized web could never outrun money. It's difficult to out-engineer hundreds of thousands of the most talented, most highly paid engineers that are working to create these silos.

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NemoNobody 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Ok, so Brave Browser exists - if you download, you will see 0 ads on the internet, I've never really seen ads on the internet - even in the before brave times.

Fr tho, no ads - I'm not making money off them, I've got no invite code for you, I'm a human - I just don't get it. I've probably told 500 people about Brave, I don't know any that ever tried it.

I don't ever know what to say. You're not wrong, as long as you never try to do something else.

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acheron 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Brave is just a rebranded Chrome. By using it you’re still endorsing Google’s control of the web.

	▲	makingstuffs 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I was gonna say this. If Google decides to stop developing chromium then Brave is left with very few choices. As someone who has been using brace since it was first announced and very tightly coupled to the BAT crypto token I must say it is much less effective nowadays. I often still see a load of ads and also regularly have to turn off the shields for some sites.

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echelon 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If everyone used Brave, Google wouldn't be a multi-trillion dollar company pulling revenues that dwarf many countries.

Or rather, they'd block Brave.

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saltysalt 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I agree man, it's depressing.

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