Additionally, "desktop brave is useless v uBO with Chrome" is false. Brave includes, by default: Https everywhere Ad blocking Tracking protection 3P fingerprinting protection Also: -Gutted Google "phone home" -Tor in private tabs. -Integrated opt-in utility token platform.
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Replying to @lukemulks @BrendanEich and
Also: Cryptojacking protection (default) If you want to just block things, that's one course. If you want to block the problems and be part of a movement toward authentic user consent that doesn't leave content creators and publishers in the cold, then we're here.
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Replying to @lukemulks @BrendanEich and
Comparisons, to other browsers and extensions are always going to be there, but we are aiming higher by creating a viable, mainstream-friendly alternative for a free web where creators earn, without the user's privacy invasion being a "cost of doing business."
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Replying to @lukemulks @RichFelker and
Something else to mention: ongoing research to automate exception management, protect against bounce trackers, and minimize false positives in blocking. We are working to minimize the burden on users of today's ad/tracker-blockers. https://brave.com/brave-proposes-a-machine-learning-approach-for-ad-blocking/ …https://brave.com/redirection-based-tracking/ …
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Replying to @BrendanEich @lukemulks and
Is providing random info to trackers and saturate them with noise a good approach? Just blocking them doesn’t seem to work
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Replying to @frr149 @lukemulks and
No, if you load 3rd party scripts, you're already tracked and also you take a big performance (network=radio/battery, memory, page load) hit. Sending noise back runs real risks of being labeled ad fraud, which affects not just you: it's how Google justified banning Ad Nauseam.
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Replying to @BrendanEich @frr149 and
A massive network of fake clicking sounds like the right way to destroy adtech.
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Replying to @RichFelker @frr149 and
Sad to say, those networks exist. >= $16.2B taken last year in US from $80B+ gross spend. You have to realize how co-dependent the whole ecosystem is, from Google down. Marking fraud to 0 could hit G bottom line by at least $9.6B. No one wants this, everyone takes fees for fraud.
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Replying to @RichFelker @frr149 and
I do too, rhetorical device aside. "No one" means the vested interests, starting with Google and Facebook. In spite of protests to the contrary, and I'm sure sincere intentions among some of their employees. The bottom line hit would trash the stock price.
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Let it be trashed. I lost all interest in the continued existence or success of Google when they failed to use their power to vehemently oppose this administration, cementing their decision to drop "Don't Be Evil".
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Replying to @RichFelker @frr149 and
The way to do that is to block diligently. The auto-login-to-browser from logged-into-gmail state change is a "tell" -- they are getting squeezed by GDPR and to some extent ad/tracker blocking (660M+ users w/w). Keep the pressure up and rising.
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