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The team's affinity for cryptocurrency projects drives me away personally. If you aren't aware, the Brave team have a "rewards" program where you "earn" their BAT token for viewing ads: https://brave.com/brave-rewards/

I use scare quotes around rewards and earn because those are my trigger words for projects I should walk away from.

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That's always been opt-in (off by default), but suit yourself. Just be careful not to leave a false impression that it's opt-out (on by default). People still smear us with this canard.

You're saying it as if there's something evil in it. What's wrong with paying people who want to see ads for seeing ads? I mean if you personally don't like it, sure, don't do it, but I do not see why you are implying it is something nefarious.

I'm saying it as if the cryptocurrency industry has a deservedly poor security and privacy reputation that I don't want anywhere near my browser.

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