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Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent

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323 points plusCubed | 2 comments | 21 Dec 18 17:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.503s | source
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elwell ◴[22 Dec 18 02:02 UTC] No.18738410[source]▶
Instead of taking donations for other people, we here at ClearCoin replace all the ads you see with ads from our network that reward the user with our crypto token, and content creators can opt-in to share in the profit.

Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearcoin-the-ad-b...

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1. omnimus ◴[22 Dec 18 02:03 UTC] No.18738416[source]▶
How is that different from Brave/BAT?
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2. elwell ◴[22 Dec 18 02:05 UTC] No.18738427[source]▶
I don't think Brave has ad replacement live yet.

The main difference is that you don't have to change browsers, just install an extension.