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Is the Brave browser a pseudo-solution to this problem? It can hold a crypto coin balance and either collect more of it through advertisements or pay it out to
by ericnolte 6y ago
Is the Brave browser a pseudo-solution to this problem? It can hold a crypto coin balance and either collect more of it through advertisements or pay it out to publishers like news sites.
- 0-_-0 6y agoWhy pseudo-solution?
- sliken 6y agoMaybe because it requires the content provider to join a new ad/payment network and most haven't.
- cblconfederate 6y agoBAT is a cryptocurrency which can be traded for another coin which can then be traded for USD or other etc etc. It's not a lock-in
- jasonv 6y agoBrave doesn't have enough market share to matter for this, so far. This was revealed in a recent HN thread where webmasters shared the browser breakdown for their traffic.
- herbst 6y agoIts a few years ago, but when i earned something like $1500 in ads each month, brave paid calculated something around $2. I haven't looked into it since.