

With Brave, the Web can be a rewarding experience for all, without users paying with their privacy." Brave 1.0 is the browser reimagined, transforming the Web to put users first with a private, browser-based ads and payment platform. Users, advertisers, and publishers have finally had enough, and Brave is the answer. "Surveillance capitalism has plagued the Web for far too long and we've reached a critical inflection point where privacy-by-default is no longer a nice-to-have, but a must-have. Everyone with a legitimate stake in the open Web loses in this environment," said Brendan Eich, co-founder and CEO of Brave Software. Advertisers are wasting time and money on an industry filled with fraud. Meanwhile, publishers are losing revenue at a record pace due to a few gigantic super-companies and too many ad tech intermediaries. They are being tracked, tagged, and exploited this not only violates privacy, but slows down page loads, drains batteries, and makes for a miserable experience. "Today's Internet is broken, and users suffer the most.

In addition to desktop and Android devices, Brave's private ads and payment platform (Brave Rewards) is now available for iPhones and iPads. The Brave open source browser fundamentally shifts how users, publishers, and advertisers interact online by giving users a private, safer, and 3-6x faster browsing experience, while funding the Web through a new attention-based platform of privacy-preserving advertisements and rewards. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Brave Software, makers of the innovative Brave browser which combines privacy with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, today announced the official launch of Brave 1.0.
