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Comment by msvan | Hacker News Reader

But people don't use Brave because they care about privacy. It's the whole monetization angle that appeals to people, right?

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Tech illiterates tend to think of privacy first, when discussing Brave. Go into any geeky subculture not full of programmers, and ask about a privacy browser. Brave always comes up, the monetization model rarely does

Tech illiterates are typically not geeky subcultures, and they say they value privacy when asked but in reality they prefer free and easy to use/access.

I'm referring primarily to gaming subcultures (board and video). Tech illiterate may not be the proper term. But most geeky people I know (even the ones who build their own PCs, and dabble in scripting) have a very cargo-cultish understanding of computing technologies.

Dilettantes, perhaps?

Even a cargo-cultish understanding is an understanding and not tech illiterate. I wouldn't call someone who can build a pc tech illiterate.

Where are tech illiterates discussing Brave?

He's probably referring to r/programming

Meanwhile, this site has been shitting on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies since 2009.

I posted this in another child comment, but I think the same response is appropriate. I've miscommunicated.

Dilettantes, perhaps?

/g/

I use it because it seems like it might be our only hope for a Blink based browser with minimal Google nonsense. For example, see how Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi (And Mozilla, even though they're not Blink based.) responded to Manifest v3.

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