Hello all!
Today I would like to go over a fairly new Web Browser, that has seen heavy advertisement as of late. I am talking about Brave Browser! There are a few cons that I will point out as well.
So what is it?
Brave is a Web Browser built on Chromium, sort of like Crypto Tab. However, their goals are entirely different. Crypto Tab is a way to earn Bitcoin while you browse the internet, by allowing it to mine Monero through the browser (ultimately being converted to Bitcoin when you get it). Brave on the other hand plans to revolutionize the Ad industry, by allowing users to get paid for having ads enabled on websites.
The browser has a built in Ad-Blocker that, in the future, will be able to be turned off to start earning the cryptocurrency BAT. This stands for Basic Attention Token. At the launch of this feature, it will begin as advertisements that can be taken out through Brave itself. So this will not be available from any other Ad Network, such as Mellow Ads, A-Ads, Adfly, etc.
The second phase will be to incorporate other Advertising Networks in to the mix and expand the availability. This will allow users to earn even more (considering ads will most likely become more frequent).
Ads are not the only positive thing about this browser though. As of right now, users receive grants in BAT that let them Tip creators that they are fans of (as long as that creator has registered their site).
So on to my cons, there are 3 that immediately come to mind.
1. YouTube does not play videos when the Ad-Blocker is enabled for the site. When it is disabled, the ads become unskippable and does not progress to the video after it plays.
2. Many Bitcoin related sites do not allow Ad-Blockers, so using those sites makes it kind of redundant at this point.
3. Website verification takes a long time to finish. I verified my website and it took almost three weeks to display that I was a registered site.
I hope you find this information helpful and if you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment.
And as always, Happy Earnings!
