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Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions
Deozaan:
There's a new browser called Brave in town which is focused on solving the awful situation with advertisers (malvertisers) through two steps:
1. Block intrusive ads natively. No ad blocking extension needed.
2. Built-in micro-payment system (via Bitcoin?) so you can easily support the websites you visit and/or disable the non-intrusive ads.
It's your device. It's your time.
So make it your Internet. The new Brave browser blocks all the greed and ugliness on
the Web that slows you down and invades your privacy. Then
we put clean ads back, to fund website owners and Brave
users alike. Users can spend their funds to go ad-free
on their favorite sites.-https://brave.com/
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Speed comparison video:
Brave is also focused on security/privacy with the following features:
* Brave blocks harmful advertising
* Brave redirects sites to HTTPS
* Brave blocks Tracking Pixels and Tracking Cookies
There's also a relatively short writeup about the purpose of Brave, but I'm having trouble picking out a self-contained segment to include as a quote, so just read it all yourself:
https://brave.com/#about
wraith808:
Do you know what browser base it's based on? Or if it even is? I want to say firefox because of a lot of the verbiage, but I'm not sure.
Deozaan:
Do you know what browser base it's based on? Or if it even is? I want to say firefox because of a lot of the verbiage, but I'm not sure.
-wraith808 (January 22, 2016, 07:32 PM)
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Based on the source code, I am under the impression that it's not just a fork of Chrome or Firefox. You may be getting Firefox vibes because the Brave founder/president/CEO, Brendan Eich, was formerly the CEO of Firefox or Mozilla or something.
wraith808:
Do you know what browser base it's based on? Or if it even is? I want to say firefox because of a lot of the verbiage, but I'm not sure.
-wraith808 (January 22, 2016, 07:32 PM)
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Based on the source code, I am under the impression that it's not just a fork of Chrome or Firefox. You may be getting Firefox vibes because the Brave founder/president/CEO, Brendan Eich, was formerly the CEO of Firefox or Mozilla or something.
-Deozaan (January 22, 2016, 08:12 PM)
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Nope... as I said, I was getting it from the verbiage. I didn't look into who anyone was or anything, it was just idle wondering when I saw some of the verbiage and the use of httpsanywhere.
Deozaan:
Nope... as I said, I was getting it from the verbiage. I didn't look into who anyone was or anything, it was just idle wondering when I saw some of the verbiage and the use of httpsanywhere.
-wraith808 (January 22, 2016, 09:17 PM)
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That's what I meant. Perhaps the same kind of verbiage/philosophy/etc., as Firefox was used because some of the same people who were behind Firefox are now behind Brave.
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