It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
Could someone explain number 3?
They accepted donations for every creator on every platform. Using the creator’s photos. Implying the creators would get the donations. In fact they only got the pseudo-money if they handed over all their personal details to Brave and agreed to Brave’s terms. Otherwise, those donations quietly vanished, presumably into Brave’s coffers.
See also https://web.archive.org/web/20181221180137/https://twitter.com/tomscott/status/1076160882873380870