Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch
Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch
Why would I use such a browser?
Because some influencer say you should. Works this way for too many people.
The amount of folks I see use Opera GX "gaming browser" because some influencer said so...
What the fuck is a gaming browser. Browsers show web pages.
It downloads RAM for you, sells your browsing data to major gaming companies, helps you stay on top of your Twitch subs by disabling the ability to block web notifications.
You know, a gaming browser.
Dude, you forgot that it had built in led control. We all should know by know that gaming = leds
Fun fact: it turns out that all those LEDs rely (in Windows at least) on a super-insecure driver written by a hobbyist who last updated it in the mid-2000s and has since disavowed it.
Steve didn’t really do his due diligence on that video, a lot of RGB software hasn’t used it for awhile, including one he said do. It certainly used to be a big problem and there’s definitely still holdouts
Or better yet, it adds LEDs to your web browsing experience (in-page and inside PWAs) and the colours scheme is synchronized with your computer's LED.
From what I've seen it has a lil sidebar that lets you limit the resources available to it. Also a load of shortcuts to giveaways and storefronts. It's also hideous, as all gamer stuff should be.
Honestly it gives me more "lowspec" vibes, than "gaming", and there are far better ways to browse on low spec machines.
I'm still shocked at how many seemingly tech-literate people use and defend Brave because of influencers.
An influencer's review only makes me wary of a product and makes me question their motives.
But I guess others don't see it that way, or they wouldn't be doing it.
Also depends on which source we are discussing. Many YouTube channel owners do no not call themselves "influencers" and just focus on their domains and are very strict about sponserships (some don't even accept sponsorships).
"Because it really gets you, y'know?"
They've partnered with Motorla and probably Samsung to have it pre-installed. And a lot of people stick to the default one.
because it has AI omg this will make our lives so much easier for real
Once they are bought out by the singular mega corporation you will have only few choices left.
I imagine all of this data collection would greatly improve AI around browser use? That could be a feature with enough draw in the consumer space.
Rich CEOs will want all their employees using it and only web apps so that they can try to use that data to replace them. Their perplexity dashboard will have a list of all their employees, AI's fine-tuned on that employee's data.
The future is bright... /s
