Brave (web browser)
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| Developer(s) | Brendan Eich, Brian R. Bondy, Marshall Rose, Yan Zhu, Garvan Keeley, Aubrey Keus, Sergey Zhukovsky, Brian Johnson, Brian Clifton, Cezar Augusto |
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| Repository | |
| Written in | C, JavaScript, C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows 7 or later, macOS, Android, iOS |
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| Size | 155 MB |
| Type | pay-to-surf open-source web browser |
| License | Mozilla Public License, version 2 |
| Website | brave |
Brave is a free and open-source pay-to-surf[1] 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, replacing them with ads sold by Eich's company.[2] [3]The browser also claims to improve online privacy by sharing less data with advertising customers, although the browser itself targets web ads through analysis of users' anonymized browsing history. Brave intends to keep 15% of ad revenue for itself, pay content publishers 55%, ad partners 15% and also give 15% to the browser users, who can in turn donate to bloggers and other providers of web content through micropayments.[4]. As of 2018, it is available as a stable release for Windows, macOS, and Linux and also available as a stable release for iOS and Android. The current version features 20 search engines by default, including DuckDuckGo, Google, StartPage, Ecosia, Qwant and Yandex Search. Brave also has a partnership with DuckDuckGo.
Brave received significant investment from Huiyin Blockchain Venture, a multibillion-dollar investment company based in China and Danhua Capital (丹华资本), other investors include Founders Fund, Foundation Capital, Propel Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, DCG. [5]
History[edit]
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.
Some newspaper publishers claimed in 2016 that Brave's proposed replacement of advertising was illegal.[6]
In June 2018, Brave released a version of the browser for the purpose of testing Brave as a pay-to-surf software. This version of Brave came with around 250 pre-packaged ads, and sends a complete log of the users' browsing activity to Brave. Brave announced that expanded trials will follow.
Brave has an agreement with company DuckDuckGo to sell all the search queries done by a user, in exchange of a revenue-share with DuckDuckGo [7] and partially disables at least one privacy-protection feature called (user-agent protection, June 2018). DuckDuckGo is showing results and ads from Bing which means that servers at Microsoft are indirectly processing all the search queries from Brave users.
Publisher contributions[edit]
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[edit]
Version 0.7 of Brave was called “mighty primitive” by Network World.[8] Urbanophile stated that Brave is “very fast” with “quirks”.[9] Ars Technica called Brave a “double dip” and added “Brave just sounds like a cash-grab”.[10]
However, by the end of 2017 TechWorld[11] singled out Brave as one of the best secure browsers available today, and CNET[12] praised their defense of user privacy.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Brave: A browser that pays you to surf the Web". Techlomedia. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ "Brave browser promises faster Web by banishing intrusive ads". cnet.com. 20 January 2016.
- ↑ Patrizio, Andy. "Benchmark tests: Brave browser vs. Chrome, Firefox, and IE 11". Network World. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ "Mozilla co-founder unveils Brave, a browser that blocks ads by default". Ars Technica.
- ↑ "Home". BasicAttentionToken. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ Murphy, David (April 8, 2016). "Newspapers: Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Is Illegal, Deceptive". PCMAG. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ↑ "Who are Brave/BAT's major partners? (updated Nov 17, 2017)". 17 November 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ Patrizio, Andy (2016-02-04). "Benchmark tests: How the Brave browser compares with Chrome, Firefox, and IE 11". Network World. IDG. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ↑ Renn, Aaron (2016-04-13). "Media's response to Brave Browser shows once again why they are going down the tubes". Urbanophile. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ↑ "Mozilla co-founder unveils Brave, a browser that blocks ads by default". Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ↑ Mercer, Christina; Dunn, John E. "The most secure browsers 2018". Techworld. IDG. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ↑ "Brave's browser offers you a bit more privacy when searching online". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
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