I see posts attacking the messenger quite often whenever someone points out yet another cryptocurrency scam. Can you respond to the actual content of the thread?
That's a very "brave" position. We will show you ads without following laws of the land (Ctrl-F "FTC" in the github thread). If the user falls for our unlawlful ads, then it's the user that's stupid?
OK, I suppose this is good reporting, but it is not the scandal you think it is.
Also, etoro does a lot more than cryptocurrency-trading.
Edit: This is a repost too. Interestingly the title of the other post "Brave Browser earning commissions promoting high risk blockchain platform" less click-baity got 2 points, 1 comment.
It is not good reporting, though. What new information is being brought to light? Brave makes it clear they generate revenue via ads, and this is an example of an ad.
I don't see the problem with this. Etoro is not a scam and CFDs are not shady in the least bit. It's just an ad, which other browsers have as well. I don't think this guy really knows what he's talking about or if he does, maybe he should state more clearly what he finds objectionable. Ads in brave? The kind of ad?
Calling this a "scam" is misleading and inflammatory. eToro is exactly what it claims to be: a cryptocurrency exchange. Certainly there have been scammy exchanges that run off with people's money, but the author hasn't presented any evidence that eToro is one of those.
Brave has been completely up-front about their "sponsored images" advertising program, as you'll see if you read the entire GitHub thread. They are easy to disable, or you can choose to leave them on and get paid for having to look at them.
You have to be participating in Brave Rewards to see the ad.
If you're participating in a crypto token rewards program, you should hopefully have your head on your shoulders tight enough not to blindly sign up for everything you see.
If you don't, well you probably will after you lose a few bucks.
This guy seems to be on a crusade against Brave. Huge drama in the comments, all from one account. Incendiary title and tone, was doomed never to be constructive. Now it's on HN to get what, more views? A mob?
TLDR: Brave advertises for eToro. Is that ethical?
The way it's framed: brave scams its users.
There is probably a good discussion to be had about the ethics of advertising for a trading platform by Brave, but you won't find it here.
If he understands the Internet and how it works (I doubt it), he's chosen to pervert it. Read "Where Wizards Stay Up Late" to get a better history of the real geniuses behind the Internet.
Look to people like Alan Kay to remind you of how far we've moved from the potential that was inherent in the medium. A platform designed for decentralized robustness and rapid information exchange perverted into a delivery medium for ads, surveillance and centralized control.
