Brave browser CEO apologizes for automatically adding affiliate links to cryptoc

[babykika2027]

"The most free browser", yeah. Thats why i prefer firefox

[Mulann2]

I really like brave browser, everything about the browser is to my satisfaction but after reading the thread about the referral link I was a bit disappointed that they could do such a thing, deceiving that users in such manner was very unprofessional, this is supposed to be a privacy browser but even them are taking advantage of users, at least now they realize their mistakes and apologize.

[jacafbiz]

Brave team mess up, this just show that it is all about money to all these developers, it is not a mistake because their referrer link was not just auto complete for Binance but for most of these exchanges. It won't have generate this much heat if the team has been open about it because most people do it

[FanEagle]

Honestly I feel like this was not the CEO who did this but someone in the company who just wanted to make a bit of profit from something like this and took advantage. When CEO found out, he probably fired the employee, put in charges, and removed that code. So, I can't really say it is easy to forgive Brave for this but I can see how they could be the victims as well since they might have lost both profits but also credibility as well.

However if it was something done with the knowledge of the CEO, that is quite scary, no company who is making enough profits should be looking to make something like this, it not only stops your income stream but it also prevents you get a proper one in the future as well, it just hurts you as a whole and could cause you to completely go bankrupt for failure.

[hatshepsut93]

"The most free browser", yeah. Thats why i prefer firefox

This is why I never tried brave, Firefox is a solution to the problem that has been around for so many years and proved to work well. Why would I need browser-level adblocking if extensions work just fine? And things like blocking ads with router are even better. And earning with BAT isn't worth the inherent risk of trusting a new company with all your online activity.

[CaVO32]

"The most free browser", yeah. Thats why i prefer firefox

This is why I never tried brave, Firefox is a solution to the problem that has been around for so many years and proved to work well. Why would I need browser-level adblocking if extensions work just fine? And things like blocking ads with router are even better. And earning with BAT isn't worth the inherent risk of trusting a new company with all your online activity.

I tried brave on the other hand just to see how much I will earn from using this "free" browser. However, I stopped using it because I noticed you will earn very little amount for months of using it. Maybe it depends on my internet activity but I find it not really significant in my day to day internet activities. And now, having this issue? What other issues they will admit in the future?

[seleme]

At least, they understood the mistake and fixed it with hearing the community. I still use the Brave browser instead of ram killer Chrome for daily web browsing.
For those complain about the payment and Brave rewards, just remember the Brave rewards program is for more profitable for authors. The big part of the pool goes to the site owners and authors, the browser uses should keep using Brave due to the privacy concerns on alternative browsers.