Brave Browser - faster Web by banishing intrusive ads

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http://www.cnet.com/news/ex-mozilla-ceo-try-braves-new-browser-for-a-faster-private-web/

Brendan Eich, a Web pioneer and one of the key figures behind Firefox, is at it again with a new browser that promises to run faster than its rivals and shield you from annoying ads.

His startup, Brave Software, released a test version of the Brave browser on Wednesday. The browser works on personal computers using Microsoft's Windows operating system or Apple's OS X, as well as on smartphones running Google's Android or Apple's iOS software.

It's a comeback of sorts for Eich, a seminal figure in the Web world. He invented the JavaScript language that's the foundation of Web programming and co-founded the Mozilla project that builds the influential Firefoxbrowser, but left Mozilla amid a firestorm of controversy in 2014.

With his 10-person, San Francisco-basedcompany, Eich hopes to rid the world of the harmful aspects of online advertising.

"We have to disconnect the bad system," he said. "I talk about putting chlorine in the pool."/QUOTE]

You can download Brave Browser from here: http://www.brave.com/
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hrmmm, I wouldn't want to banish ads for good. If there were no ads a lot of people would lose money.
 
I bet, these web browsers with ad blocking will cause a lot of websites to try to sell subscriptions to visit their site, and directly sell you stuff like T-shirts, and electronics from their online store, or a referral link from a shopping website like Amazon, and eBay. A lot of websites looking for other ways to make money may also start accepting money to write very good reviews on games, movies, electronics, and other stuff where they get paid to write great reviews on a product.
 
froggyboy604 said:
I bet, these web browsers with ad blocking will cause a lot of websites to try to sell subscriptions to visit their site, and directly sell you stuff like T-shirts, and electronics from their online store, or a referral link from a shopping website like Amazon, and eBay. A lot of websites looking for other ways to make money may also start accepting money to write very good reviews on games, movies, electronics, and other stuff where they get paid to write great reviews on a product.
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I can easily see that happening, but it only takes one person to copy and paste the content for free like on pastebin.
 
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Demon_Skeith said:
I can easily see that happening, but it only takes one person to copy and paste the content for free like on pastebin.
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I agree, some people will use Pastebin to copy and paste content for free. But, the people who copy the articles will need to pay for a website subscription to access the website to copy the article from a website to Pastebin. Some pastebin readers may sign-up for a website subscription sort of like how people who pirate Kpop, and Jpop songs maybe more likely to buy Kpop and Jpop Music CDs if they like what they hear when they listen to pirated Kpop and Jpop songs on their PC.

If a website subscription is cheap like $1-2 a month, some people will probably just pay a few dollars a month to become a member to support their favorite writers on their favorite websites. I think some websites may need to start making original content like a "Talk show, cartoons, and original interviews", so people are more willing to pay for a subscription.

Big websites like CNN will most likely still survive by using subscriptions to earn money. But, websites with less content, and just re-write news articles from TV, newspaper, and radio may not survive because people rather pay for unique content on a website like CNN.
 
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Immediately first thought was losing money from advertisement and yet we don't make much for small community anyway. So that sucks. Yet for the the rest of us it's probably gonna make life easier and unstressed :P that's what I put it to.

I definitely don't know what will happen
 
Empire said:
Immediately first thought was losing money from advertisement and yet we don't make much for small community anyway. So that sucks. Yet for the the rest of us it's probably gonna make life easier and unstressed :p that's what I put it to.

I definitely don't know what will happen
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I read on webmaster blogs that making money from ads for small size communities is not easy, and you need a lot of visitors to make some money. A lot of webmaster blogs say selling stuff like ebooks, software, custom t-shirts, etc is a better way to make money, but I think some website owners don't want to directly sell stuff to their visitors because selling stuff like ebooks and toys is not for everyone, and takes a lot of time to convince people to buy their stuff.

If ad-blockers become very popular, I think bigger websites like TMZ, CNN, The Huffington Post, etc in the future will require a small payment like $1 to access the site for longer amount of time like a week, and use more paid features like being able to submit your articles, upload video to the fan video section, or contact the article writers by private message on the site.
 
Even if it is removed from the Play Store, that doesn't mean they'll be gone forever.

Well maybe if you are an iUser who has grown accustomed to their walled garden.. in that case, you're screwed..

Case in point, TubeMate was removed from the Play Store years ago because it allows you to download Youtube videos (et. al) and that is a big no-no for Google because they want you to use their Youtube app. Now, years later, the TubeMate devs still push out updates to their app for any bug fixes, or to bypass Youtube's restrictions..

Need I mention AdAway, which was removed back in 2014 because of Google's sudden crunch on Ad blockers, and the fact that it is still being updated as well as supported through XDA and Github?

And due to the fact that it is open-source, this means that its longevity will be upheld.

Anyway, I'd like to see what they are using as adblocking software, if they are using AdBlock Plus, then they are getting paid by advertisers to show ads on their browser, and are selling your user info to them at the same time.

But if they are using software similar to Adaway, then they just might be worth a try.
 
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