Brave (browser)
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 Brave 1.5.115 on macOS |
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| developer | Brave Software Inc., San Francisco , USA |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| Current version |
Desktop Release Channel v1.11.97 ( July 15, 2020 ) |
| operating system | GNU / Linux , Windows , macOS , Android , iOS |
| programming language | C , JavaScript , C ++ |
| category | Web browser |
| License | Multiple licensing : MPL / LGPLv2.1 |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.brave.com/de/ | |
Brave is an open source web browser for the Windows , macOS and Linux operating systems as well as for Android and Apple iOS . Brendan Eich is the initiator and project manager .
Conception
The Chromium -based browser uses an ad blocker to block ads and trackers. It offers an option to show certain advertisements from its own advertising service, 'Brave Rewards', which do not track usage behavior , in order to protect the user's privacy. The browser user and browser provider each receive 15% of the revenue for the display, and the website operator receives up to 70% of the income. The remuneration is based on a Basic Attention Token . The user should be able to decide whether to display advertising.
With Brave Payments, the Basic Attention Token (BAT, an ERC20 token based on the Ethereum - Blockchain ) is used to pay out a monthly budget to website operators and, since November 2017, YouTube channels based on the call duration.
Data protection and security
Since many website operators overload their platforms with JavaScript code, Eich criticizes the failure to separate advertising content and the content necessary for operating the website. The aim of the browser is to block everything on the web that could endanger the privacy of users. That is why dangerous, harmful advertising as well as tracking pixels and HTTP cookies should be blocked. HTTPS Everywhere is integrated.
criticism
Representatives of The New York Times , Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, as well as other members of the Newspaper Association of America, described this as illegal in a letter; the design of the browser is indistinguishable from the theft of the contents of the newspapers in order to publish them on the Brave Software Inc. website. CEO Brendan Eich, however, stated that the browser is not the problem, but the solution. The browser does not use the content of the web pages for unauthorized republication, but rather simply composes the pages as a tool. The further criticism that the income from browser advertising does not offset the costs of acquiring own advertising is also incorrect.
At the beginning of June 2020 it was announced that Brave would automatically add a reference link to certain page entries (especially for exchanges for crypto currencies) without the consent of the users in order to generate income through affiliate partners. The function is now deactivated by default.
history
The browser was first released on January 20, 2016. The further development is documented in a timeline.
See also
Web links
- Description at t3n digital pioneers (14.08.2019) - Brave: The browser for a better Internet?
- Site of the provider - official site with download (English)
- Presentation and evaluation at ars technica (English)
- Brave Release Schedule - schedule for the release of future versions
Individual evidence
- ↑ github.com .
- ↑ GitHub - brave / browser-laptop: Brave browser for Desktop and Laptop computers running Windows, OSX, and Linux . Website github.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ GitHub - brave / browser-android-tabs: Brave Android Browser . Website github.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ GitHub - brave / browser-ios: Brave iOS Browser . Website github.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Brave Software | About . Website brave.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ a b Adblocking browser "Brave" presented by ex-Mozilla boss | heise online. . Website heise.de. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Marvin Strathmann: Brave: A browser challenges the network economy . In: The time . January 21, 2016, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 6, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Manufacturer of the advertising block browser Brave counters allegations from newspaper publishers | heise online. Website heise.de. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ a b Business model Adblocker Brave: When the browser collects the advertising money c't 19/2018, on August 31, 2018
- ↑ Brave expands Basic Attention Token platform to YouTube website basicattentiontoken.org. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ Letter from the NAA to Brave Software INC. . Website newsmediaalliance.org. Retrieved November 21, 2017 (English, .PDF file).
- ^ Newspapers to Brave browser: Don't mess with our ads - or else - CNET . Website cnet.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ Brave secretly earns money from its users - effects on the BAT course? June 9, 2020, accessed August 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Affiliate partner: Browser Brave sends certain page IDs with heise online. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ↑ Benedikt Bucher: Scandal over popular privacy browser: Now the developers are rowing back. In: Chip.de . Retrieved August 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Mozilla cofounder Brendan Eich's startup, Brave, launches browser for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android | VentureBeat | Dev | by Jordan Novet . Website venturebeat.com. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ↑ Brave Release Channel Dates brave / brave-browser Wiki GitHub . Website github.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.