Brave is adware.

embedding-shape 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Technically, both Chrome and Firefox are adware too, since Google's main business is ads, and Firefox/Mozilla get a lot of money from Google to display Google as a search engine in Firefox (an ad :) )

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thesuitonym 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Firefox doesn't sell BATs, in-browser notification ads, or new tab takeovers. The closest you can get is a pinned site in the new tab page (new installs only) and ads in Pocket, or whatever they're calling that new tab thing these days.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising/solutions/

https://brave.com/brave-ads/browser/

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wyre 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Calling Firefox adware is a stretch at best, and disingenuous at worst. Adware doesn't mean that the software survives because of one advertisement that that user can turn off.

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mikkupikku 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Only if you opt-in to that misfeature, last I checked. It's opt-in, not opt-out.

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thesuitonym 6 days ago | parent [-]

I don't know, Brave says it's every third new tab. https://brave.com/brave-ads/browser/

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lkbm 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Looks like I'm getting a ProtonMail ad every few new tabs. I never noticed because I've never looked at the new tab page. Doesn't noticeably slow it down to have the ad there, luckily.

	▲	thesuitonym 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		So, to reiterate: Brave is adware.

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cpburns2009 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The new tab ads can be disabled with 2 clicks.

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thesuitonym 6 days ago | parent [-]

I love how quickly the goalpost moves from "No ads" to "Only opt in ads" to "Ads can be disabled with two clicks."

Quit coping and just admit it, Brave is adware. If you like it, that's cool, totally your choice. It's fast, performant adware. But it's adware all the same.

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cpburns2009 6 days ago | parent [-]

Firefox has ads in the same places.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy

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thesuitonym 6 days ago | parent [-]

whataboutism gets you nowhere. Brave is still adware.

	▲	DaSHacka 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		As is Firefox, and Chrome. So really, there's no point in singling it out.
	▲	cpburns2009 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It's strange you're so adamant to label Brave adware while dismissing concerns that Firefox engages in very similar "adware" practices.
	▲	bamboozled 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It might be adware but I’ve actually never noticed the ads! Also it’s the only browser on my phone that I can use to browse the web without ads…
	▲	Dylan16807 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		When we're talking about reasons to switch browsers, then saying they both have the same behavior is not whataboutism. It's extremely important context to the complaint.