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FargaColora | 3 years ago

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ea550ff70a|3 years ago

Get used to it. Crypto related stuff is only getting more influential and adopted. Current prices don't mean anything. Use case and utility of some of them is where it's at. BAT from Brave is a good example of a practical application for an alternative ad system. I have been using Brave with the BAT option enabled for over a year and even though I started as a skeptic, I can now say it works relatively well. Is it perfect? No, there a some bugs in their UI for them. Does it accomplish the objectives it was designed for? Definitely. But the most important part at the end of the day is having the option to participate or not. I don't mind seeing an ad every once in a while specially if I can get a cut of how much it cost to display that ad to me.

WithinReason|3 years ago

Brave's way of using cryptocurrencies is the only good use of crypto I know of. (There are probably others)

GlassKingdom|3 years ago

It uses a MITM attack to inject Cryptocurrency span into webpages. Sorry, it’s indefensible. Nobody is going to “get used to” the modern equivalent of viruses, especially when non-infected browsers are available.

schroeding|3 years ago

OT, but it's kinda crazy how cryptocurrencies totally hijacked the word "crypto", which may cause confusion for years to come.

Like in the sibling comments that confuse it with cryptography-crypto :D

Taywee|3 years ago

How is HTTPS supposed to work without crypto?

timbit42|3 years ago

I think they are referring to cryptocurrency, not cryptography in general.

mixedCase|3 years ago

That doesn't make the slightest lick of sense to me. Can you elaborate how cryptocurrencies compromise browser security?

gruez|3 years ago

It doesn't. My guess is that some people find crypto icky, and their thinking is that if the browser vendor is doing an icky thing they can't be trusted to keep the browser secure.

LMYahooTFY|3 years ago

How is it absurd? Do you have any technical explanation to back this up? Because it sounds a bit absurd.

dustyharddrive|3 years ago

but you need TLS!

luto|3 years ago

I think they are referring to cryptocurrency, not cryptography in general.