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Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube

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321 points Helloworldboy | 1 comments | 17 Nov 17 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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wslh ◴[17 Nov 17 15:35 UTC] No.15722748[source]▶
Is the "ad-free YouTube video experience" something that violates some Google user agreement? Just thinking that Brave is a high profile project and not a tool you download.
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Ajedi32 ◴[17 Nov 17 17:28 UTC] No.15723977[source]▶
I don't really see how a browser that blocks ads is any different from an extension that blocks ads.
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explodingcamera ◴[17 Nov 17 18:17 UTC] No.15724481[source]▶
Well, it blocks adds and collects money on the behalf of others without having permission to do so...
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Ajedi32 ◴[17 Nov 17 18:43 UTC] No.15724771[source]▶
> blocks adds

Yes, but so does uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus, etc.

> collects money on the behalf of others

Why would they need permission from Google to do that? That's completely unrelated to them.

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dullgiulio ◴[17 Nov 17 19:05 UTC] No.15724983[source]▶
Because it's illegal. You write a book, I sell some home-printed copies of it and might give me some money if you claim it. It's clearly illegal.
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1. Ajedi32 ◴[17 Nov 17 19:28 UTC] No.15725206[source]▶
> I sell some home-printed copies

That'd be a copyright violation. But Brave isn't making or selling copies of anything, so I don't see what your point is.