Because Brave does not replace publisher ads with their own.
No they don't, I've been using the Brave browser for over a year on desktop, with the users ads activated
This is the most common seen misconception on HN about Brave, Brave is not replacing ads with their own ads
It just doesn't work like this
A great comment from a Brave team member about that misconception on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/bby4um/the_la_ti...
That functionality is on the roadmap, but Brave has stated that will only occur with publisher consent.
Keep an eye out for accounts that try to push this mischaracterisation and see if they're linked to the existing ad tech industry...
So I guess if you want to be technical, Brave either swaps with nothing or with their own ads.
First party ads aren't blocked.
Publisher ads aren't swapped.
If a user opts-in to Brave's model for ads, they are system-level notifications which lead to full-page ads that aren't linked to any website.
You keep making vague accusations of shilling so I'll turn the tables - what exactly is your connection to Brave?
Anyway, on reddit the user with the same name has deleted their account but this one is still active and active in the BAT / Brave subreddits. [0]
Full disclosure: I came to root against Brave after seeing how Tom Scott was treated and how that whole debacle went. I don’t even work in Tech so really, I shouldn’t care.
If your product has to be opt-out to have a chance of success, then it's a failure from day one.
[0] https://old.reddit.com/user/justsee_/posts/
edit: opt-out in regards to the creaors being sent BAT by users without knowing about that. i.e. the Tom Scott Fiasco.
And they did make it opt-in for receiving 'real' tokens, as far as I can tell from the last few minutes of searching. The UGP tokens can still be sent at people that didn't opt-in, but those are more like coupon codes than money. Users can only get them for free, and they have an expiration date.
I have no connection with Brave.