They made it “FREE” for linux users? why ? lol anyway - If I had to use a chromium browser, Helium period.

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    5 days ago

    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.