Brave is a free and open-source web browser based on the Chromium web browser and its Blink engine, announced by the co-founder of the Mozilla Project and creator of JavaScript, Brendan Eich. It claims to block website trackers and remove intrusive Internet advertisements. The browser also claims to improve online privacy by sharing less data with advertising customers. As of 2017, it is currently in beta testing for Windows, macOS, and Linux and available as a stable release for iOS and Android.
The beta version features 19 different search engines by default, including StartPage, Ecosia, Qwant and Yandex Search.
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History
Brave is developed by Brave Software, which was founded on May 28, 2015 by Brendan Eich and Brian Bondy. Brave was first announced by co-founder Eich on January 20, 2016 with the stated goal of providing an alternative to the widely adopted system of providing free content to end users supported by advertising revenue that is employed by many content creators and publishers on the World Wide Web.
Eich sees the Web as facing a "primal threat" consisting of a growing conflict between advertisers and users--advertisers who have incentives to collect and store detailed and often very personal information about Web users in order to deliver more effective advertisements, and users who are increasingly averse to the collection of their personal information.
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Publishers' rewardings
In an effort to compensate for the effects of its advertisement blocking and substitution, Brave is beta testing a system to reward publishers, called Brave Payments. This system allows users to optionally set a budget that they are willing to donate to the websites they visit. Brave will then calculate the percentage assigned to each website through an algorithm and the publisher receives a transfer in cryptocurrencies if it opts into the system.
Critical reception
Version 0.7 of Brave was called "mighty primitive" by Network World. Urbanophile stated that Brave is "very fast" with "quirks". Ars Technica was skeptical of the moral and legal status of Brave's behaviour regarding advertising, calling it a "double dip", and adding "Brave just sounds like a cash-grab".
See also
- Comparison of web browsers
References
External links
- Official website
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