Brave Talk: Unlimited, private video calls, in browser
Brave seemed to start out as an ad replacement system.  There was a crypto token involved and an ICO.  Then they decided to be a Patreon-style support-any-website thing, which turned into legal hot water when they started accepting money for people who hadn&#x27;t signed up.<p>Now they seem to be doing the privacy-browser thing, like Firefox was before it went all &quot;spyware on by default&quot;.<p>Then there was a search engine?  And now video calls?<p>This seems like a team and some funding in search of a problem, like a heat-seeking missile without a target.  From an outside perspective, the product strategy seems entirely incoherent.<p>Who are the competitors?  Ad networks?  ERC20s?  Mozilla?  DuckDuckGo?  Google?  Zoom?<p>I&#x27;ve no idea what is happening with this company, and from a personal standpoint, I don&#x27;t use products that aren&#x27;t a component of some larger mission or vision, as they&#x27;re usually just a quite temporary affair until such time the (seemingly aimless) organization evaporates.  Every additional pivot and product launch adds to my confusion and reduces my understanding of (and respect for) the brand.<p>I have no idea what the Brave brand is supposed to represent, or what the company&#x27;s stated purpose is.  This seems like a major failure of their communications.<p>EDIT: TFA says &quot;Unlimited, private video calls, right in your browser. No extra apps.&quot;.  I&#x27;m using a browser, but the CTA button says to download an extra app: a different browser.  I&#x27;m really hoping we&#x27;re not at the point now where &quot;in browser&quot; now generically means &quot;in the browser I want you to use&quot;.  That, to me, would be a good and clear sign that apps have killed the web.<p>EDIT2:  It looks like this is also a paid subscription service if you want more than 4 call participants.  This adds to my total confusion about Brave&#x27;s revenue plans.  Does this mean I have to pay you and then also shill your browser to my 4+ other callers?