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Comment by knownjorbist | Hacker News Reader

The high level points in this blog post do a pretty good job of explaining why web3 is worth paying attention to instead of dismissing as "NFT scam stuff and crypto".

https://mirror.xyz/theodorachu.eth/TJU1w2Z49KvzcrKnPEwJodTvB...

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I doubt that's OP's concern. Personally I also removed the browser when I couldn't de-install the wallet. I don't need crypto bloatware that I can't remove in my browser. It's fine if they like it but I don't and I have no idea why I don't get a say in that matter on my own machine. kind of defeats the purpose of promising more control for the user.

Disabling the wallet doesn't satisfy your needs there? I can't imagine it sitting idle on a modern machine would give you the same issues as 'bloatware' does. I do agree in principle though.

>Disabling the wallet doesn't satisfy your needs there?

if it was the only thing maybe. But all crypto related settings are also the only thing the browser does not sync. every time you use it on a new machine, you have all those crypto card spam on the new tab section. You attempt to use the video conference feature, suggestion to turn on Brave Rewards. I am 100% certain that is deliberate and I'm extremely allergic to these dark patterns.

lol everything in that blog posts screams "NFT scam stuff and crypto" - web3 == Amway for tech nerds who think they are really cool

Whoaaaa never thought about it like that! A wonderful analogy

This is a depressing handwave away of what is a pretty thoughtfully written post on the subject from someone who started from your position of skepticism.

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