The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted content and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and Perplexity.
Just because an organization ostensibly respects individual autonomy does NOT mean that they are a “good” actor. Just as not all corporations, or departments within said corporation, are “bad”.
I’m not saying you are right or wrong about brave, but if your threat model is informed by heresay and group-selection-rooted associations, you run a high risk of getting got. Stay vigilant out there and be wary of in/out group messaging.
Just because an organization ostensibly respects individual autonomy does NOT mean that they are a “good” actor. Just as not all corporations, or departments within said corporation, are “bad”.
I’m not saying you are right or wrong about brave, but if your threat model is informed by heresay and group-selection-rooted associations, you run a high risk of getting got. Stay vigilant out there and be wary of in/out group messaging.
Actually, that kind of does make them a good company. And Brave isn’t the only adblocking I use, I have layers