Tell HN: Brave Browser is still messing with affiliate links

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4 years ago

Previously they had been autofilling links and replacing affiliate links with their code:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology

They stopped doing that but I found they appear to remove affiliate links altogether unless it comes from them.

Just to test I put NordVPN's affiliate link structure and viola it gets removed:

<a href="https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c">Test Affiliate Link</a>

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