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Why not Brave and Alternative to Brave. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I've been seeing a lot of people hate and uninstall Brave. Why? It's not like they're tracking us or doing anything else shady. If so, what's the privacy alternative?

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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they sent me notifications that were ads

[–] brie@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, they're opt-in. They won't show if you don't use the BAT wallet.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't opt in and I never used the BAT wallet.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you hit a bug.

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A very convenient bug

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[–] brie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Sample size of one, but when I used Brave without enabling Brave Rewards, I didn't get ads. The Brave Rewards page also seems to suggest it is supposed to be opt-in.