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nick valentine

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2 out of 5 stars

Reviews by nick valentine

2 out of 5 stars

A real piece of work

A real piece of work, that one. On the surface, it’s got all the makings of a smooth operator—blocks ads and trackers like a pro, keeping the usual suspects from sniffin’ around where they shouldn’t. Makes browsing the web feel like walking through a clean, well-lit alley instead of a neon nightmare full of pop-ups and shady scripts. But dig a little deeper, and you start finding the cracks in the foundation. Pages glitch out like they’ve seen a ghost, sites break for no good reason, and don’t even get me started on the sync issues between mobile and PC. One minute everything’s fine, the next it’s like the whole system forgot what it was supposed to do. Then there’s the crypto thing. It's got this whole scheme with Basic Attention Tokens—some kind of futuristic currency you earn by watching "privacy-respecting" ads. Feels less like a browser and more like a casino trying to get you in on a game you never signed up for. Maybe some folks like the gamble, but most just wanna surf the web without feeling like they’re getting roped into some crypto caper.

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