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I love it that they’re so worried about privacy they build an extension, but still use Brave, which is a real world example of a MitB, which is also aiming to become the new ads broker to put google out of business.

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Actually, I switch around between Brave, Opera, Firefox, and Tor. I like to try various things. But I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. I did see that Brave was adding affiliate links to Binance for example, but what else concerns you about it?

Mostly ethical. If you care about privacy and not just a software junkie looking for the next shiny new thing, you should care about who is behind its development. Mozilla is not the same thing as another X company building Y browser. Specifically though, they have a conflict interest. A good starting point to understand their position in the market:

Brave browser (Stage 1) is a Trojan Horse for their actual business which is a blockchain-based advertising platform (Stage 2).

https://twitter.com/aral/status/1013047635253526530

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