![]() ![]() I paid a monthly subscription to it for about six months but then read about the Brave browser ( ) in Computeractive. YouTube Premium is a classic example of this. But the immediate effect will be millions of users looking for cheaper (or free) alternatives run by smaller companies that actually provide a better service. He suggests ways in which Facebook and Google might start charging for services, which are all plausible. Matthew Ferguson is worried that many elements of the internet will stop being free, but I think that’s exactly what’s needed to kickstart a new generation of websites. ![]() VERDICTĭoes the internet stop being free? Sounds good to me! There’s also excellent online documentation and a thriving user forum. It took up less than 400MB of our VM’s hard drive and consumed only around 150MB of RAM when idle. The browser’s been praised online for its speed and light install fingerprint. ![]() But the question remains whether a browser-based crypto wallet is a good idea. ![]() It supports most cryptocurrencies and NFTs. For security reasons, you’re asked to create both a wallet password and recovery phrase. This is odd as Brave has its own self-custody cryptocurrency wallet, based on MetaMask. To get started you also need a custodial account to receive your BATs, which may require uploading photo ID. The browser has built-in algorithms that monitor how much and for how long you’ve interacted with ads and rewards you accordingly. If you choose to interact with these, Brave rewards you with BATs (Basic Attention Tokens), a form of cryptocurrency that you can cash out or exchange for other cryptos. These appear as private notifications on your screen.Ĭlick the Brave icon in the address bar to see which ads and trackers are blocked. Having praised Brave’s near-total block on all forms of advertising, the developers do offer you the chance to opt in to some ads they’ve created themselves on behalf of third parties.
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