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Brave ads, if you opt in, are displayed as system popups, not in the browser. You opt in so that you get a reward - BAT token - for seeing those ads. These rewards you gain are later distributed to all the content creators, according to how long and how often you visit their websites.

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Here's an idea. Why not implement an ad tab that combines search with ads. So you can search for ads. It would be like a micro-store, or one of those old mail-order catalogs. Or those late-night infomercials that took over a whole channel for a few hours after 2am, when regular programmes ended. If I am looking for a new phone, i can browse the ads first. If that fails I can go elsewhere.

I just think that the concept of intruding into my frame, via embedded ads or notifications, is distraction I simply do not ever want.

> I just think that the concept of intruding into my frame, via embedded ads or notifications, is distraction I simply do not ever want.

And thats why in Brave ads are opt-in rather than opt-out.

But I would still never opt into interruptions or notifications on the terms of an advert.

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