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Number 1 is to be expected. Number 2 came as a surprise. Doesn't appear to be mentioned anywhere in the launch announcement.

I assume someone could turn on Brave Rewards, start a call, and then turn it off later?

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Sorry but why is Number 1 to be expected? HN often shows a lot of hate when any Google products like Gmail or Google Meet works well on Chrome, but not on Firefox.

Web technologies should be browser independent.

Would you pay to have a browser-independent version?

you don't need to pay anything. They've just repackaged Jitsi into the browser, which is already free

https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/

See discussion of free lunch elsewhere.

https://jitsi.org/meet-jit-si-terms-of-service/

Also see our terms, included in

https://brave.com/privacy/browser/

Our terms are better for privacy than 8x8’s, e.g., callstats are disabled in Brave Talk.

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Yes, many dark patterns use similar justifications.

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