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hai, 3 months ago

I have been a long-time Notion user and really love Skiff. But, my trust in Notion has really been shaken after they added AI. I’m not sure what to do right now. :\

hai, 4 months ago

Worldcoin, founded by US tech entrepreneur Sam Altman, offers free crypto tokens to people who agree to have their eyeballs scanned.

What a perfect sentence to sum up 2023 with.

hai, 5 months ago

My brain autocorrected this for me, and I was confused why you were posting it at first.

This reminds me, there is a thing that the human mind can read horribly spelled words — as long as the general idea of it is the same (most of the time the end and beginning). I would try to find an example, but it’s late and my ability to form proper search queries os diminished.

hai, 6 months ago

Good, I believe that SteamOS has the ability to bring Linux to the masses, but we don’t need a repeat of last time.

hai, 6 months ago

How many times has Windows tried to kill off the start menu!? I can think of at least three:

• Windows 8
• Windows 10’s funky live tiles thing (by default).
• This strange Windows 12 AI junk

hai, 7 months ago

I think this is the most upvotes I’ve seen on a Lemmy post….

hai, 7 months ago

“I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to D**kipedia.”

This is what we’re working with. A small child.

hai, 8 months ago

Came here to ask that too… is it really supposed to be a joke, and that’s it?

hai, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

TL;DR: The article claims that the Brave web browser is bad and should not be used.

The author points out that Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript, co-founder (and ex-CEO) of Mozilla, and founder of Brave, donated 1,000 USD in support of a proposition to ban same-sex marriage. Along with making the claim that Brave’s goal is not to act as an ad-blocker, but instead to build and grow their own advertisement network, and he also believes that the network has several flaws:

• Brave Ads paysout in a form of cryptocurrency, called BAT (🦇).
• As BAT is a cryptocurrency there is high volatility.
• BAT can not be redeemed for fiat (“actual”) money directly from within the Brave Wallet.
• The author also believes that “it [the network] has largely failed” but that it “has generated a lot of revenue for Brave,” via the ICO (Initial Coin Offering; IPO for crypto).

In addition to these key points the author also:

• Claims that Brave prompted FTX, before the scandal.
• Cites the The Brave Marketer Podcast where ex-CMO of Crypto.com Steven Kalifowitz shares an ambitious goal of being a “‘brand like Coke and Netflix.’” The author then mentions that:
  • In 2023 there was a report from The Financial Times that Crypto.com traded against their customers.
  • In 2022 the company try to hide the severity of its layoffs.
• Mentions Brave’s integration with Gemini, and how the crypto exchange is under investigation for lying about FDIC insurance.
• Mentions a partnership with the the 3XP Web3 Gaming Expo where they sponsored the Esports Arena and rewarded contestants with the BAT token.
• Claims that Brave added affiliate/referral codes to URLs, such as “binance.us.”

Finally, the author lists Firefox and Vivaldi as alternatives to Brave, and ends the article with “Brave Browser is irredeemable, and you should not use it under any circumstances.”

I am human, please let me know if I’ve made a mistake.

Edit: Fixed bat emoji and typo.

hai, 9 months ago

Oh shoot! I forgot about Bitwarden, I feel like I use it so much that it just fades into the background now!