Hacker News Reader

Comment by pcmaffey | Hacker News Reader

Was forever turned off Brave when they sent me direct mail advertisements (for a privacy focused browser lol). They bought my info from some list and spammed me with postcard ads.

View on HN

It was sent to every postal customer on your mail route, not targeted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/utgukp/i...

I started recommending their mobile browser to everyone I know, because of how well it blocks pop-ups on the phone.

"Privacy" focused users are the most monolithic demographic and the easiest to target in the history of all demographics.

It's just as easy as selling bunker-beds and ammo for doomer-preppers (while stroking their ego).

But, shhh don't tell them and hurt their ego

It's interesting for me to imagine explaining this comment to a person in 1995

At the very least I think it relegates people to buckets of either "People who believe tin foil hats give them privacy", and normal people.

Either way I don't think it's a productive dichotomy.

Mail or Email? If its email every company does that, including DDG.

I've never gotten an unsolicited e-mail ad from DDG. And for every half-serious company which does send unsolicited e-mail ads, at least I know I'm the one who gave them my e-mail address. If people are getting e-mail ads from Brave without ever having disclosed their e-mail address to Brave, that's seriously concerning.

I'm not saying brave does unsolicited emails, just asking which one.

Snail mail.

A physical postcard:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/utgukp/i...

Sending unsolicited e-mail advertisements are explicitly illegal in my country and companies that do that could loose the right to exist.

It should also be mentioned that using private information for unsolicited advertisements is something which is likely in conflict with GDPR.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com