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RE: In today's news: Paywalls Are Everywhere
Interesting browser. It has a built in ad blocker so it automatically destroys the revenue source of sites funded by ads. That's bad news for a lot of sites. How does it handle affiliate ads? Some "adblockers" replace the id of the publisher with their id. That way the adblock (also known as a criminal syndicate) gets money for sales from the site.
Yeah I think there is a provision for that in there - Brave affiliates ads. But they are promising to be transparent about it and provide the ability to opt out, so there’s that.
My plans are to just use the browser for the creators who are on the platform and continue to use chrome with no ad block for the rest.
Their site says they are using Townsquare Media to create their ad model. I had started researching Townsquare Media . They and their owners Oaktree Capital Management is a dot-bomb style company that has been trying to create local media monopolies. The ad side of the business sounds a bit sketchy to me.