I have been a supporter of the Brave browser and more importantly the Brave effort to compensate content creators without ads that rely on the collection and sale of personal information for some time now.
As I look at the mission of this service, I am interested in a couple of indicators of progress. The first, which is difficult to assess for lack of company information sharing, is the proportion of Brave users who are willing to use the money they earn viewing Brave ads or money they contribute directly to Brave to compensate content creators for their work and creativity. The ad avoidance and personal data collection avoidance goals aside, the logic of a fair Internet falls apart unless there is a way to compensate content creators if you expect to be able to consume content. You can’t just be against ads without considering the impact that ad blocking has on those who want to be compensated for their work.
A variable that easier to detect as a content consumer is the participation of content creators. You have to register your sites with Brave if you are open to having your ads blocked and want to receive compensation through the Brave system. This is easy enough to determine as Brave displays an indicator each time you visit a site as to whether that site has registered to receive compensation.
I was pleased to see that the TWIT podcast network has registered with Brave. I have enclosed the indicator in a red square to show where the mark of participation appears. Yes, you might see this same mark when visiting my sites.