Still, if the Brave team is expecting to profit through some mean, which is what I theorized, to stop the project from facing losses without completely shifting strategies would usually mean cutting parts of the project that bleed the most money as contingency.
In Firefox’s case, I’d say the scope is another. While Brave markets features, Firefox from what I can tell markets simplicity and modularity, even if both point to safety. So if Firefox gets bloated, it strays from its purpose and “betrays” their usebase. If Brave gets bloated, as long as they go in the line of “features for the users’ safety”, it should still be in line with their initial pitch.
That makes your point clearer now, thanks for elaborating.
The features removed in Brave Origin are its moneymakers: the VPN and AI assistants have a paid tier, the ads are obviously ads, the crypto pushes you towards their preferred tokens. Even the News portion of the app requires some data collection, which can be monetized.
So to me, it doesn’t look like any of their features are hemorrhaging money. Rather, they are making money, and Origin gives users a one-stop shop for opting out of the monetization schemes.
Ah, ok.
Still, if the Brave team is expecting to profit through some mean, which is what I theorized, to stop the project from facing losses without completely shifting strategies would usually mean cutting parts of the project that bleed the most money as contingency.
In Firefox’s case, I’d say the scope is another. While Brave markets features, Firefox from what I can tell markets simplicity and modularity, even if both point to safety. So if Firefox gets bloated, it strays from its purpose and “betrays” their usebase. If Brave gets bloated, as long as they go in the line of “features for the users’ safety”, it should still be in line with their initial pitch.
That makes your point clearer now, thanks for elaborating.
The features removed in Brave Origin are its moneymakers: the VPN and AI assistants have a paid tier, the ads are obviously ads, the crypto pushes you towards their preferred tokens. Even the News portion of the app requires some data collection, which can be monetized.
So to me, it doesn’t look like any of their features are hemorrhaging money. Rather, they are making money, and Origin gives users a one-stop shop for opting out of the monetization schemes.