Date: October 4th, 2017 12:27 AM Author: impertinent pozpig
i've been playing around with brave. does this idea have legs? are regular people going to change their browsers? i'm skeptical because it's a complicated idea to non-techies. seems like a good idea though
Date: October 4th, 2017 1:16 AM Author: Charcoal Stirring Voyeur Piazza
People change browsers every so often, so Brave getting an opening is plausible. Brave needs a combination of people getting sick of Google's BS combined with a large enough group of early Brave evangelists spreading the word.
But first Brave needs to get a good UI. I keep trying Brave out, and switching back to Chrome asap when I quickly get annoyed by the Brave UI.
Date: October 4th, 2017 9:57 AM Author: brindle house
No it doesn't. It needs a plugin for chrome, safari, and IE, and it needs major print outlets to start letting people pay for articles/subscriptions with BAT tokens. Once that happens, and once people can earn those tokens by allowing the print companies to see what they are reading/where they are clicking, BAT tokens will have at least some value. I think a lot of people would gladly let NYT and WSJ see where they are scrolling and clicking in exchange for not having to purchase a subscription.
Date: October 4th, 2017 1:21 PM Author: impertinent pozpig
i doubt they're planning a plugin because brave's capabilities (for example preventing video autoplay) require changes to the core of chromium (the open source browser both chome and brave are based on).