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Get used to it. Crypto related stuff is only getting more influential and adopted. Current prices don't mean anything. Use case and utility of some of them is where it's at. BAT from Brave is a good example of a practical application for an alternative ad system. I have been using Brave with the BAT option enabled for over a year and even though I started as a skeptic, I can now say it works relatively well. Is it perfect? No, there a some bugs in their UI for them. Does it accomplish the objectives it was designed for? Definitely. But the most important part at the end of the day is having the option to participate or not. I don't mind seeing an ad every once in a while specially if I can get a cut of how much it cost to display that ad to me.

Brave's way of using cryptocurrencies is the only good use of crypto I know of. (There are probably others)

It uses a MITM attack to inject Cryptocurrency span into webpages. Sorry, it’s indefensible. Nobody is going to “get used to” the modern equivalent of viruses, especially when non-infected browsers are available.

>It uses a MITM attack to inject Cryptocurrency span into webpages

Are we talking about the opt-in ads (which might contain "Cryptocurrency span") or the affiliate codes (which are injected into pages you've already decided to visit)?

Man any browser trying to pass off it being acceptable to inject affiliate codes in links just because you were going there anyways is some serious red flags and you should end that relationship promptly.

Brave is truly capitalist cancer in browser form. I thought we killed off IE & Netscape. Turns out they had a kid.

Damn if you think any of that is problematic (which is not because you can opt out, and by default is not enabled), specially from the "capitalist cancer" pov wait until you hear about this obscure browser called Chrome from a company you might have heard called Google.

Edit: Forgot to mention, they stopped injecting the links 2 years ago as they claim it was a mistake (maybe, maybe not, but for sure not the case right now) -> https://brave.com/referral-codes-in-suggested-sites/.

Adoption metrics say otherwise on both their browser and ad system but sure.

OT, but it's kinda crazy how cryptocurrencies totally hijacked the word "crypto", which may cause confusion for years to come.

Like in the sibling comments that confuse it with cryptography-crypto :D

How is HTTPS supposed to work without crypto?

I think they are referring to cryptocurrency, not cryptography in general.

That doesn't make the slightest lick of sense to me. Can you elaborate how cryptocurrencies compromise browser security?

It doesn't. My guess is that some people find crypto icky, and their thinking is that if the browser vendor is doing an icky thing they can't be trusted to keep the browser secure.

How is it absurd? Do you have any technical explanation to back this up? Because it sounds a bit absurd.

but you need TLS!

I think they are referring to cryptocurrency, not cryptography in general.

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