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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] HamsterKiller666@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What does this have to do with brave-browser users?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brave derives revenue from advertising.

Brave devotees are the only people I've ever seen defending advertising as a user friendly revenue model.

[–] HamsterKiller666@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had no idea lol I use brave just to avoid ads which is why I'm confused.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brave is involved in a crypto scam and is backed by conservative evil fuck Peter thiel

[–] HamsterKiller666@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd suggest you change to Firefox, but they have made some... troubling changes to their privacy policy recently, so it may be a good idea to use a debranded port of it instead.

I already mainly use Firefox, BUT I need a browser that supports client certificates (aka mutual TLS). The desktop version does, but not the mobile one.
Also, once in a while, I need to do something through a shitty website that simply doesn't work in firefox but does in a webkit/blink.
I usually just blacklist those and never come back, but sometimes it's something I can't avoid like taxes or gov related bs.

If y'all got a good suggestion, thanks

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Afaik that's mostly FUD and was debunked.

I'm still not happy with Mozilla throwing money down the AI toilet.

If there was a debunking, I'd love to see that. I know Mozilla spun some damage control talking about how the change in terms didn't really mean anything and was strictly for legal compliance, but, well, I've heard that one before.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

I've seen no debunking. Have you got a link for that?

Not saying you're wrong, just that I've not seen it :)

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you have 48 hours to uninstall brave or you will be thoroughly cancelled.

on lemmy, using the browser you are currently using is tantamount to getting a maga tattoo

you may delay the cancellation by 24 hours by promoting your affinity for linux installs, or swearing that you will switch to a non USA produced kind of ketchup

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

also, no nicole for you until you reform from your evil ways

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

I thought Nicole and me had something special!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've noticed brave users are some of the biggest useful idiots on the internet.

I genuinely think there are 2 classes of brave users: people who are invested in the company trying to viral market it, and the morons who fall for it.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I use it on my mobile devices to avoid youtube ads. Because i’ve yet to find a better way to avoid them on a tablet or phone.

If you have a better option for iphone/ipad, i’m willing to try it.