>> a very deliberate picture of Brave as a bad actor worse than other browser vendors.
They have been at times.
Particularly in the period during which they solicited funds to "help support" blogs and pages by people who had not signed up (and did not want to sign up when they found out about Brave and BAT).
I'm not saying they're all bad, but they've overstepped the bounds of good behaviour at times.
Tom Scott was alerted to this when someone sent him a tweet asking if he'd got thte tip, and was annoyed because he had no intention of monetising anything.
It does indeed look fraudulent to me. They have changed the behaviour now IIRC.
They have been at times.
Particularly in the period during which they solicited funds to "help support" blogs and pages by people who had not signed up (and did not want to sign up when they found out about Brave and BAT).
I'm not saying they're all bad, but they've overstepped the bounds of good behaviour at times.