“Brave is a daring browser that innovates both technologically and economically, with a real ambition to create a sustainable ecosystem for the Internet,” said Eric Leandri, President and co-founder of Qwant. “We are very pleased that Brave has chosen to make Qwant the default search engine in France and Germany.”
“By combining Brave and Qwant, users can
enjoy the Web in a way that does not violate their privacy,” added Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave Software. “With the ongoing privacy invasions from technology giants that make a living by exploiting user data, people need tools to fight back and take a stand to protect themselves.”
The Brave browser provides an
ad-free experience to its users, but its model is to reconnect publishers with ad-blocking users and reward them both. By removing intermediaries, Brave resets the current broken digital advertising system that is penalizing publishers. Users who download Brave are granted tokens (Basic Attention Tokens, or BAT) every month through the integrated wallet of the browser. Users then donate the tokens to reward their favorite publishers and creators via the integrated Brave Payments system. Soon, Brave users will also be able to opt into viewing privacy-preserving ads and receive up to 70% of the associated revenue, which they can also use to reward the content they value on the Web.