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comment by KapteinB
KapteinB  ·  1617 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: For your privacy, and to kill monetizing users with ads: BRAVE

    to kill monetizing users with ads

Isn't the whole business model of Brave to monetise users with ads?





goobster  ·  1616 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd argue it is different in a key way. Users are awarded some fragment of bitcoins for choosing which ads they want to see. The users then spend those bitcoins as tips for content and authors they like.

Ad networks are built solely to present you content you don't WANT to see. That's their entire business model... how to get you to pay attention to things you don't want. Brave flips that, and let's users choose what they want to see, and awards that behavior in a way that benefits other providers, as well.