Oh shit I didn’t know about this! I remember when Brave came out and I just instinctively knew there was something fishy about it, never used it. It’s like a sixth sense, like how you know when something is an ad.
I remember feeling the exact same when Facebook first rolled out and everyone was raving about it- I just knew it was a big scam, I couldn’t articulate it, but I knew.
It’s a good intuition to have, we should all keep our bullshitometers up to code and well maintained.
Tried it when it first came out, noticed that it had an option to allow some ads to “support the developers” or whatever, immediately noped out of there and uninstalled it. The only adblockers that do that are the shady ones who are in bed with the ad companies.
I ditched Adblock Plus for Ublock Origin many years ago over this shit; not about to use an entire browser that secretly collects data on me and sells it to the ad companies.
Oh shit I didn’t know about this! I remember when Brave came out and I just instinctively knew there was something fishy about it, never used it. It’s like a sixth sense, like how you know when something is an ad.
I remember feeling the exact same when Facebook first rolled out and everyone was raving about it- I just knew it was a big scam, I couldn’t articulate it, but I knew.
It’s a good intuition to have, we should all keep our bullshitometers up to code and well maintained.
Like Markiplier doubting Honey years before they were called out, something really was off about it.
When tiktok came out I imagine you just fell ill due to sensory overload.
It absolutely did, and I went on a crusade trying to stop people around me from using it- to no avail.
The first time I saw it used in person was by a friend in a group of us all mid shroom trip. Sensory overload is an understatement.
Tried it when it first came out, noticed that it had an option to allow some ads to “support the developers” or whatever, immediately noped out of there and uninstalled it. The only adblockers that do that are the shady ones who are in bed with the ad companies.
I ditched Adblock Plus for Ublock Origin many years ago over this shit; not about to use an entire browser that secretly collects data on me and sells it to the ad companies.