The affiliate link thing is a serious breach of trust. Had it been implemented as an opt-in system it would be fine, but if you try to navigate to a particular address the browser better have a damn good reason for hijacking that request, and "it makes me money" doesn't cut it.
That's a pretty good excuse Brave could use, but they don't, apparently because they lack brain cells. Amazon at large, however, does hurt people, and being an amazon affiliate associates you with them, making you the indirect cause of suffering.
Unlike a real affiliate, Brave isn't encouraging people to buy from Amazon, they're just passively shaving off a commission from purchases people were already making. So even if I agreed with your view of Amazon, being "associated" with Amazon is not helping Amazon when the relationship is purely parasitic.
Even the affiliate link thing. It's innocuous and hurts nobody. My main qualm is that they're in bed with Amazon in the first place.
The affiliate link thing is a serious breach of trust. Had it been implemented as an opt-in system it would be fine, but if you try to navigate to a particular address the browser better have a damn good reason for hijacking that request, and "it makes me money" doesn't cut it.
That's a pretty good excuse Brave could use, but they don't, apparently because they lack brain cells. Amazon at large, however, does hurt people, and being an amazon affiliate associates you with them, making you the indirect cause of suffering.
Unlike a real affiliate, Brave isn't encouraging people to buy from Amazon, they're just passively shaving off a commission from purchases people were already making. So even if I agreed with your view of Amazon, being "associated" with Amazon is not helping Amazon when the relationship is purely parasitic.