novaman

Thanks for sharing your knowledge on both this thread and your blog, Mike. Allow me to continue taking a critical/negative approach (Although this approach wouldn't imagine Facebook replacing MySpace). I disagree that Google Ads offering pay-to-view ads in Chrome is too far out there. Google might not innovate it, but could easily copy it if the idea gained traction elsewhere. Although Brave's competitive advantage of 'Don't be Evil' could well see them wrest 5-10% of market share. Who would use pay-to-view ads? People who are time-rich (have time to view) but money-poor (sufficiently motivated by money reward). That is, most people. The USA is currently liquidating their middle class and their buying power. So is high volume of low value sales a requirement - idk, I don't understand the advertising industry. Or maybe BAT is up to you, EU. China will be covered by a home-grown clone. Presumably, pay-to-view remuneration will be proportional to the viewer's buying power or local wage. But what if I employ Average Zhou gold farmer from Guizhou, China, to remotely access my laptop to browse ads for me? A technical challenge for Brave. What if I employ/enslave Scripty McRobot to browse bot through ads? Code captchas at every turn presumably, eating the time and patience of human viewers. You must have already considered this, so I'm keen to hear your thoughts.

Google will probably incorporate Brave features like pay-to-view ads into Chrome. If so, then investment into BAT is just betting that Brave will capture some browser market (perhaps by being faster, more appealing, or having earlier implementation of pay ads). BAT is like buying shares in a new browser venture, that competes with Google. Isn't it that simple?

I would watch a promotion that allowed its fighters to wear rash shirts, as suggested by 10th Planet Jujitsu's Eddie Bravo. This allows for more aggressive, more entertaining attempts at submissions, because your shirt absorbs the skin-pore oil of slippery, sweaty strikers, some of whom sneakily soak their skin in baby oil in the week before the fight. Rash shirts would also allow more colourful, customised fighter attire. Or nascar-style sponsor logo saturation, to earn fighters more sponsorship money. Or just one hundred reebork logos if you prefer.