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dietcokke@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 5 年前

Brave Browser is hijacking links and inserting affiliate codes - Twitter

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Brave Browser is hijacking links and inserting affiliate codes - Twitter

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dietcokke@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 5 年前
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  • deejay4am@lemmy.world
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    The amount of people I see on Lemmy saying “Ugh Google is so bad with all their Chrome shenanigans! I install Brave on my own and all my family’s computers!” is honestly heartbreaking 🤦‍♂️

    • MaxVerstappen@lemmy.world
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      The browser’s original purpose was to market their shitcoin wasn’t it?

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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      Firefox ftw

    • Xylight (Photon dev)@lemmy.xylight.dev
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      The thing that pushed me off of brave before joining this community was that the fonts were broken on NixOS lmao

  • tajj@lemmy.world
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    Can’t believe they’re doing this AGAIN

    • KairuByte@lemmy.world
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      This is a three year old post, friend.

      • sebinspace@lemmy.world
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        Shits getting recommended like it happened today

        • KairuByte@lemmy.world
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          Yeah, it happens on “hot” when you get low enough, I’ve noticed.

          • LastoftheDinosaurs@lemmy.world
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            deleted by creator

            • OverfedRaccoon 🦝@lemmy.world
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              Well, I’m here now too. 😂

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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    Between this and Chrome pushing their DRM bullshit to stop adblocking in Chromium based browsers, it’s a fine time to get everybody to switch to Firefox (which is a better browser anyways).

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    I’d really like some additional sources on this. But yeah. Even a sample of one is not good

    • Cinner@lemmy.worldB
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      How about this one from 2020

      https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/

      • satanmat@lemmy.world
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        Oh!!!

        First. Yes thank you.

        Second. Yeah eff them

    • Carlos Francisco 📑@feddit.cl
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      Did you note that this is a 3 years old post m

  • Schwim Dandy@lemmy.world
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    This isn’t news. This has been Brave’s business model from the beginning.

  • Fat Tony@lemmy.world
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    What are affiliatie codes?

    • HerbalGamer@lemmy.world
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      Links that give them a little bit of money everytime someone clicks them basically

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