I really don’t like how both Brave and Firefox among others are also moving towards advertisement and analytics. I don’t care about whether it’s privacy preserving; don’t send any requests I did not approve. I have OpenSnitch installed and manually whitelist connections based on domain name. It gets annoying but I think it’s worth it.
Also, there are enough Firefox forks such that most of what Mozilla does won’t really affect me. Librewolf is my favorite thus far.
This isn't ads-related, our private ads that pay users >= what we get are opt-in.
This is about finding out what's working vs. not in the toolbar, sidebar, and other prime user interface surface area of Brave.
If you don't trust the anonymity tech, I get it, and you can turn it off. But the days of us flying blind are long gone.
I am also in favor of hearing from lead users directly, so please reach out any time: x.com/brendaneich. Then I can make a case, even if we don't have anonymous cohort of size just one lead user. Sometimes one is enough ;-). Thanks.
Also, there are enough Firefox forks such that most of what Mozilla does won’t really affect me. Librewolf is my favorite thus far.