Social media and ad-tracking broke the internet. Brave browser fixes it. | Brendan Eich

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Brendan Eich is the creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave.
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[@JohnChoidotOrg]

This guy definitely knows what he's talking about.

[@manusartifex3185]

Of course

[@brett84c]

Guy created Javascript which is the core language of the modern web

[@Caaaaspeeer]

Who else is watching this on Brave Browser?!

[@inkognito3145]

He have come to a time where saying “I hate cookies” is a normal thing and that’s sad

[@dangaines405]

Brendan Eich makes some great technical and legal points. Great interview!

[@sasageyo9571]

It is fascinating to know that sustaining social media sites were made possible beacause of a fundamentally flawed code.

[@jerin7078]

GOD bless you Mr. Brendan!!!! I was petrified by these Ads. its disgusting. thank you so much

[@respekted]

Done and done! Brave was installed, frequent sites logged on, locked in and I can already tell its faster than Mozilla. Good to know some tech is on the people's side. Lets hope Brave isn't a trojan horse of some kind.

[@brymstoner]

willingly handing your money over to a thief and then hoping they don't steal it would make most people say "wtf did you expect" when the thief steals your money (think the scorpion and the frog parable). don't forget brave whitelisted facebook and twitter!

[@respekted]

@@brymstoner please explain. Not sure if you mean the subject of this interview is/was a thief.. Really, one should expect the worse, right? I try to be up to speed on passwords and don't divulge much but I know either way I'm probably screwed, if not now, then later.

[@brymstoner]

@@respekted I'm definitely not suggesting Brendan Eich is any kind of thief. Thanks in part to him (JavaScript), I've made great money developing for the web for over 20 years. But those 2 decades have also shown me that whenever someone claims they have the solution for privacy on the web, take it with a fat pinch of salt. And certainly don't put all of your eggs into one basket like OP has. That's just tempting fate.

[@JADiaz10]

Can you download other apps in brave? Mobile version

[@johnnathandejesus]

Orchid protocol (OXT) is a decentralized VPN provider. This should've been included in this conversation as well.

[@AndreMonthy]

Brave is the only browser I use. It's much better than chrome

[@baflabies]

Never downloaded a browser this fast!:)

[@EddieAdolf]

LOVE your interviews! Steam your walls!

[@Flipstar117]

Brave has been my daily for over a year, never going back!

[@khelembahuman7667]

This is the reason why I always like, Brendan Eich

[@loki_tha_god]

I use Brave or Dissenter only, the only downside is there doesn't seem to be any bookmark/password sync between desktop and mobile (yet).

[@andresstreetpunk]

eh? I use shared passwords on mobile and pc what are you talking about?

[@brendaneich9858]

Dissenter is an insecure unmaintained for over a year (almost two on one OS) fork of Brave. Don’t use it or you will likely be pwned.

[@kamojii]

Love that browser!!!

[@user-yc6xn5ze6h]

True American Hero! He takes his vitamins and says his prayers, Brother!

[@YtCsBt]

VPN’s don’t work?

[@ayatollahvladimirputin3844]

Brave tokens should move to a layer 2 Ethereum blockchain. Matic network or something

[@prateekupadhya4875]

Imagine you are going to attend a Javascript interview and Brendan eich is your interviewer 😅

[@alexpacheco2031]

Dam right it did

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

*Google; "Don't be Evil"*

[@charlesgoldt7943]

pssst.. with brave you can enable youtube videos running in the background.. afaik only on android though.

[@ado011235]

You mean the little window that you can drag around the screen?

[@cosmic5934]

@@ado011235 nope it only plays the audio

[@ado011235]

@@cosmic5934 how?

[@ado011235]

I got it thanks

[@sheherezad9]

Love Brave browser

[@InfoSecDaddy]

3:39 checks the http referer header

[@brendaneich9858]

Doesn’t give path part of the “come from” URL, and being blinded further in modern browsers, but yeah: in old days, referer: leaked your navigation link by link.

[@Tehcarp]

surprising drink for the old guy

[@brendaneich9858]

I’m young at heart. Also least offensive to actually best tasting flavors in the market.

[@funkydankspliff]

@@brendaneich9858 you’re a legend mate

[@darrenjames6309]

I hate that expression "it broke the internet". Modern language is so hyperbolic.

[@chrisd6736]

Ha that’s another symptom of the modern internet/ social media. Effectively, everyone is yelling to get noticed.

[@rlj7647]

THAT'S THE MOST AMAZING COMMENT EVER!!!

[@chrisd6736]

@@rlj7647- AAAaaaHHHHHHHHhHh!!!!!

[@d.a.3752]

I'm going to DESTORY you with my reply.....

[@airpods4]

"took the internet by storm"

[@duderadley2383]

is that an Energy Drink?

[@bruhverlybruh4012]

The gulping. :

[@brendaneich9858]

Had a cold. Hydrated with Monster. Recommended.

[@bruhverlybruh4012]

I've done that. Lol

[@albertobernal1900]

if i pay for ads i like the idea of making a minimum coin for people listening to my ad

[@abbi7944]

It was the best until its IDM integration stopped working

[@rafaelferes4362]

Would u translate for dummies?

[@andresstreetpunk]

a download manager in 2021???

[@Anubislovesdubstep]

No one is mentioning duckduckgo browser

[@hymnsake]

Interesting, Maryland Governor Hogan’s Doppelgänger

[@brendaneich9858]

I’m thinner.

[@darko2407]

It's too bad Etherium's gas price makes those Brave Tokens and many subtokens worthless, all you can do is sell them. In the end The Brave Browser will have shown me the flaws in proof of Work, which allowed me to purchase Cardano at 2 cents last March. Curious to see when Gougen launches Q2 what happens, if it takes 25% of Etheriums price, I'll suddenly be retired.

[@CaptainYesz]

I don't use Brave for the crypto-aspect of it although it's nice

[@dreamlover7681]

That’s not true, misleading info. Brave tracks you as any other browser

[@thiruvalluvar]

Duckduckgo browser seems to be all right too.

[@just-in-spacetime6674]

I need to ask my mom for a 🍪

[@lasdernas]

It makes me angry how such great minds are recommending such bad browser/company...

[@andresstreetpunk]

is faster than chrome, and that's saying a lot.

[@redwood3723]

Brave is just a bad copy of Chrome.