All I want for Christmas is for you to use Brave

If you're using Windows, make sure you have Brave notifications turned on in your Windows settings. I forgot I'd disabled them a while back and it wouldn't allow the ads through even though I had them enabled in the browser.

You can use this to test and confirm they're working: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058972091-Push-Notification-Test
Thanks for sending me down the troubleshooting rabbit hole. I had Focus Assist set to Priority from a long time ago (got shitty at discord spamming me iirc) and never changed it back. Seen 2 ads in an hour since I rejigged my settings. I had honestly forgotten about Brave Ads until I saw this thread.

Sent a 10 BAT one time tip and set up a monthly 1 BAT donation to the website, instead of just sending what I have whenever I remember (and it's been a while now...) so hopefully it helps. I've previously donated to other people/places too, but the lawsuit shit is pretty fucking nauseating, so you have my sympathy and my money.
 

Are your push notifications working? That's the issue I was having.
I've done some reading about people not getting ads on desktop (because I'm one of them) and some people seem to think it's due to some sort of Windows update. I was getting lots of ads, but I still haven't gotten one since October 19th.

Pic related for anyone asking what an ad will look like when you get one; they're really not too intrusive.

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Well I finally got off my dead ass and downloaded it on my phone, its the least I can do since this site is my entertainment during work.

update: It keeps failing to properly install RRREEEEE, does anyone else have problems with installing the Android version?
 
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Brave is great. Even if you don't want to switch browsers for day-to-day use for some reason, just download it anyway, use it when you're on Kiwi Farms, and send the e-moniez that you don't even want anyway to Nool. Everyone wins (except Russell and Melissa).

Fuck it, why not? Since I don't have anywhere to throw my BATs at, i may as well throw them at Kiwi Farms.

Edit: Tried it for a bit but it didn't work very well. Probably because i installed it via Linux on a chromebook and I would rather drink battery acid than use the android version.
I've got it on my chromebook via Linux, and I didn't have any issues with it. It takes a little while to open up, but that's only if it's the first thing I open via Linux (which it usually is, since the chromebook is my device for traveling and gets used for little else). Did you install the Debian version in the terminal? It apparently won't work properly with the others. Barring that, it could be the specific model of chromebook.

I've been using Brave for about 5 years now and it's been pretty great. However, the Brave search engine is new. and I've got to say it's surprisingly competent (at least compared to FuckFuckNo).
Gotta shill that as well even though it doesn't give Null his precious BAT.
I've been using Brave Search since the summer(?), and I find it comparable to DuckDuckGo (I don't dislike it, so that's not a bad thing, and I still use as my default search engine on some devices). I think they're going to start doing ads via search results in the next few months, similar to how DDG does them, although I'm not sure if those will be a part of the BAT ecosystem.

I still have to use Google for certain very specific results, but I've been satisfied so far.

Do you need to click on the ads or anything? I'll get used to the lion. At least he's orange, like the fox.
No. They show up as notifications, which you can instantly dismiss.
 
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