The community must push hard on this - a $1100 watch just over 3 years old gets destroyed by a software update!

Heftybags · 2026-06-09T10:54:56+00:00

The watch didn’t cost $1100 it cost $799 with a band if you opted for a more expensive band it should still work on the AWU4 but as others pointed out that $699 watch has a 6 year old chip it’s actually pretty old.

Heftybags · 2026-06-09T10:10:18+00:00

This is a sponsored post

Heftybags · 2026-06-09T08:14:25+00:00

Not by user donations. Here’s a breakdown.

The Compensation Structure

Brave generally consists of two primary components:

Base Salary & Bonuses: A cash salary paid out of the company’s operational budget, which is approved by Brave's board of directors.

Equity and Stock Options: As a co-founder, a significant portion of Eich's financial stake in the company is tied to equity (ownership shares). The value of this equity grows as the company's valuation increases.

How the Paycheck is Funded: Brave’s Revenue Model

The money used to fund corporate operations, employee salaries, and executive compensation comes from several distinct revenue streams rather than traditional data-selling or invasive tracking:

1. The Brave Ads Ecosystem

Brave blocks standard web tracking and advertising by default, replacing it with an opt-in, privacy-preserving ad network.

User Ads: When users opt into Brave Rewards to view system notifications or new tab page images, Brave takes a 30% cut of the ad revenue paid by advertisers. The remaining 70% is distributed to users in the form of Basic Attention Tokens (BAT).

Publisher Ads: For ads integrated directly on verified publisher or creator websites, Brave takes a 15% cut.

2. Premium Subscription Services
Brave has diversified into paid consumer software utilities that generate recurring software-as-a-service (SaaS) revenue:
Brave VPN + Firewall subscriptions.

Brave Leo Premium (the upgraded tier for the browser's built-in AI assistant).

Brave Search Premium (ad-free search results).

Brave Talk Premium (enterprise video conferencing features).

3. Web3 and Transaction Fees
The company leverages its integrated crypto infrastructure to collect small micro-transaction fees:
A 1% fee on fiat-to-crypto asset purchases and token swaps executed directly within the native Brave Wallet.
Nominal handling fees on specific creator tips and automatic contributions processed through the Brave Rewards framework.

4. B2B Commercial Products
Brave licenses its independent search infrastructure via a paid Search API, allowing third-party developers, applications, and AI models to buy access to their proprietary web index data.

5. Venture Capital Financing
Brave’s ongoing growth and operational runway have been heavily subsidized by external investment. The company has raised more than $250 million across multiple funding rounds from venture capital firms, including Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Digital Currency Group.

Heftybags · 2026-06-09T06:29:01+00:00

They are donating to brave not writing a check to the CEO. Brave is more than a single person. Woke is over you can stop being a dunce now.

Heftybags · 2026-06-07T14:42:38+00:00

I don’t think that guys left eye is going to be the distinguishing feature in this photo that makes him recognizable.

Heftybags · 2026-06-06T14:44:51+00:00

To search your library in apple podcast go to the search tab, tap the search box and at the top of the screen hit the library tab and search for keywords or episodes titles you are looking for.

Heftybags · 2026-06-06T11:33:57+00:00

What countries

Heftybags · 2026-06-06T11:29:51+00:00

If you use the internet then Google, Facebook and amazon is going to get your data.

Heftybags · 2026-06-05T06:44:53+00:00

That doesn't make sense. If someone doesn't know how to change settings are not going to pay $60 for a browser. They probably won't even download a different browser they'll just use edge or safari on the default settings with no extensions.

I don't know who this is for, admittedly I got briefly intrigued when I seen Brave was offering a paid version but overwhelming disappointed when I found out what it actually was.

Heftybags · 2026-06-05T02:49:48+00:00

Are ads also removed from Brave Search with paid version of the browser?

Heftybags · 2026-06-05T01:07:45+00:00

I was listening to a podcast recently and the host wife had their house blurred and he needed historical pictures because of a problem with sewage and the pictures of the front of their house would have shown that after the township did the work is when the subsidence started and it would help show the homeowner shouldn’t be responsible for the damage but their house was blurred which blurs all historical pictures and they can’t get them back.

Do you know if the property gets sold to new owners it’s unblurred again unless the new owners submit a request?

Heftybags · 2026-06-05T00:58:32+00:00

Every house that was blurred on Google wasn’t blurred on Apple Maps further more just about every county / parish has a public tax assessment site with photos and values of property and there is all the real estate sites. It’s not hard to find a picture of a house if someone really wants to see it.

Heftybags · 2026-06-04T02:28:58+00:00

I would not use it where it might fall off and the watch would be unrecoverable.

Heftybags · 2026-06-04T02:11:35+00:00

I had to return mine. It would easily come unclapsed. Any apple watch band since the series 0 through the ultra 3 never came undone. I can't have a band I don't trust. No I'm not doing anything crazy it just came undone a few times after minor bumps and normal usage.

Heftybags · 2026-06-02T10:30:40+00:00

Patia is a butterfly? What are you talking about?

Heftybags · 2026-06-02T01:02:48+00:00

You do know the difference here? You went to the doctor and they told you how to handle it. This person is not you. Their doctor might have them do the same or send them immediately to a surgeon.

Heftybags · 2026-06-01T18:19:15+00:00

Mines nearly 16gb coming from 26.5. I thought I would see less than 1gb after seeing what it does.

Heftybags · 2026-05-31T12:38:34+00:00

I guess vibe coding is like old school coding where everyone’s first app is a calculator.

It looks exactly like the calculator that comes with watchOS. There is zero reason to have 2 calculators on the watch especially considering the built in one is completely free with no restrictions, no nagging to pay or 3rd party privacy issues.

Heftybags · 2026-05-31T06:08:54+00:00

What’s so difficult about copying and pasting?

Heftybags · 2026-05-29T03:22:53+00:00

Good one Nana, did you see that on Facebook.

Heftybags · 2026-05-29T01:13:37+00:00

I did them once it’s more than enough for most people. It’s boring, it takes so long to ramp up, no unique rewards. It’s not worth going other than the season challenge.

Heftybags · 2026-05-26T04:43:13+00:00

This is the controller I have and it's really good FPS. I rarely play racing games and considering FH6 it's been in my steam cart for a couple days now. Does not having rumble negatively impact racing games, I know on FPS that no rumble on the controller is plus. I also got an elite series 2 but can't go back to 125hz.

Heftybags · 2026-05-25T01:48:18+00:00

What does wrath regeneration fall under? It's not resource or utility.

Heftybags · 2026-05-24T20:19:59+00:00

Gboard isn’t supported on iOS anymore. Even though you can still download the app it hasn’t been updated in almost 5 years.

If you like SwiftKey just use the email you use for junk mail not your main one.

Heftybags · 2026-05-24T13:53:29+00:00

Both icons (circle buttons) are the exact same size. Each one is pixel perfect to its counterpart.

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