{"id":327605,"date":"2019-11-14T09:59:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T07:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=327605"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:01:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T08:01:12","slug":"brave-browser-officially-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/327605-brave-browser-officially-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"Brave browser officially launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy-focused browser Brave has officially <a href=\"https:\/\/brave.com\/brave-launches-next-generation-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>launched<\/strong><\/a> its first stable release on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.<\/p>\n<p>The browser, which has been in beta since January 2016 and has 8.7-million monthly active users, offers users protection from third-party adverts, trackers, and autoplaying videos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today\u2019s Internet is broken, and users suffer the most. They are being tracked, tagged, and exploited; this not only violates privacy, but slows down page loads, drains batteries, and makes for a miserable experience,&#8221; said Brendan Eich, co-founder and CEO of Brave Software.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Brave 1.0 is the browser reimagined, transforming the Web to put users first with a private, browser-based ads and payment platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Brave, the Web can be a rewarding experience for all, without users paying with their privacy,&#8221; Eich said<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Unique features<\/h3>\n<p>Brave offers several unique features that make it an interesting alternative to other popular browsers.<\/p>\n<p>Users can support publishers and content creators from within the browser by activating Brave Rewards and the integrated Brave wallet.<\/p>\n<p>This allows users to send BAT &#8211; Brave&#8217;s virtual currency &#8211; as tips to creators and publishers who post great content &#8211; either as a once-off or a monthly payment.<\/p>\n<p>This feature can be used on various popular websites such as The Washington Post, Wikipedia, YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, and GitHub.<\/p>\n<p>Brave also offers a unique blockchain-based advertising model called Brave Ads, which pays users in BAT to allow certain adverts to be served to them.<\/p>\n<p>BAT can be used for Brave Rewards, or they can be converted into a variety of digital assets and other currencies.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/327567-googles-deal-with-fitbit-should-be-blocked.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google\u2019s deal with Fitbit should be blocked<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy-focused browser Brave has officially\u00a0launched its first stable release on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341039,"featured_media":213594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[35085,56712,979],"class_list":["post-327605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-brave","tag-brave-ads","tag-browser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327621,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327605\/revisions\/327621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}