広告を表示することで仮想通貨(ポイント)が稼げる「Braveウェブブラウザ」が消すことが出来ない広告を他のブラウザに表示する嫌がらせをする

いながき @shinagaki

朝日新聞のサイトでポップアップとしてでてくる Brave ってブラウザの広告、一瞬乗っ取られてるんじゃないかと思うほどの気持ち悪い広告 Google のキャッシュにも補足されてるから、記事に埋め込んでるんのか

Hosei @strangelove2001

braveの広告が消えない(＞Д＜)

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

1/ We made a mistake, we're correcting: Brave default autocompletes verbatim "binance.us" in address bar to add an affiliate code. We are a Binance affiliate, we refer users via the opt-in trading widget on the new tab page, but autocomplete should not add any code.

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

2/ Thanks to @airyorange, @j9roem, others for crucial feedback: (a) default autocomplete for a domain should not add anything; (b) redirect even if private client-side, apart from HTTPS Everywhere-type pure wins, has risk of conditioning users to be blind to bad server redirects.

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

3/ With Brave, we're trying to build a viable business that puts users first by aligning interests via private ads that pay user >= what we make on fixed fee schedule, no browser data in the clear on any of our servers, and so on. But we seek skin-in-game affiliate revenue too. +

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

4/ This includes bringing new users to Binance & other exchanges via opt-in trading widgets/other UX that preserves privacy prior to opt-in. It includes search revenue deals, as all major browsers do. When we do this well, it's a win for all parties. Our users want Brave to live.

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

5/ The autocomplete default was inspired by search query clientid attribution that all browsers do, but unlike keyword queries, a typed-in URL should go to the domain named, without any additions. Sorry for this mistake — we are clearly not perfect, but we correct course quickly.

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

P.S. I see mistaken belief that Brave rewrites links in pages. We have never & will not do any such thing. The autocomplete defaults we're removing provide completions to Brave's address bar type-in. No in-page link rewriting apart from standards compliance + HTTPS Everywhere.

BrendanEich @BrendanEich

FWIW there's a setting to disable the autocomplete defaults that add affiliate codes, in brave://settings first page. Current plan is to flip default to off as shown here. You can disable ahead of our release schedule if you want to. Good to hear from supporters who'll enable it. pic.twitter.com/ZgOpSsOLnX

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BrendanEich @BrendanEich

@CryptoICE2019 From March: brave.com/binance/. As others noted, Binance has an affiliate program. In the Brave new tab page & only if you click on it to sign up, there's a Binance trading widget that sends our affiliate code. This led to the autocomplete mistake (our error, not Binance's).