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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you've read all the way up to that line and closed the article didn't you ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There were 3 points:

  1. CEO is a dick: not enough of a reason

  2. Swapping ads: I have ads disabled anyways so what do I care. If I did care I wouldn't block ads in the first place

3.1. Promoting/friendships with crypto: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

3.2. Privacy leak: it happens ¯_(ツ)_/¯

3.3. Partnering with weird people: ¯_(ツ)_/¯

3.4. IS AN ADVERTISING PLATFORM: ¯_(ツ)_/¯