Hacker News Reader

> I think creating BAT was one of the smartest things Brave did. […] This feature allows you to download a youtube video and watch it offline.

That feature is unrelated to BAT.

Also: Brave has a built-in functionality to violate YouTube's ToS (sections 5B and 5C)?

View on HN

While I can't be sure of what they were trying to say, my guess would be they were referring to the fact that Mozilla earns money from partnering with Google, while Brave doesn't need to do that, they have BAT, and so Brave might not be as hesitant to modify YouTube functionality as Mozilla.

yes exactly, you said it better than me. Brave has more freedom since they don't need to concern themselves with biting the hand that feeds.

Alright, glad I could help!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com