Even with new changes coming, you can still participate in Rewards and Creators get tips. The only thing changing is you don’t get the vBAT. All ad notifications and all that you see while participating in Rewards will be set to Auto-Contribute to the Creators sites and content you visit. The more time you spend on their content, the more BAT they will get.
I recommend the same for you. It seems there is much more you need to see and learn. There are some great points and thoughts you have but a lot of it shows a lack of understanding on the topics.
This here is what’s called a logical fallacy. Attacking people never is acceptable. If you’re in college as you mentioned, this should have been taught to you. In this you not only were saying their question was idiotic, but you’re saying they lack common sense and don’t comprehend the functions of various browsers. This is an assumption by you and also is pulling away from the topic by attempting to pull away from what’s being discussed.
So you know, Chrome and Firefox have adblock extensions they permit Users to have. Things like Adblock, uBlock, etc. All of those would block the same YouTube and other ads as Brave does. And Brave allows you to turn off Shields if you want to allow ads to appear on any website. This means all browsers have the function you’re discussing. The difference is Brave does it by default and is better, in many ways. Also, unlike with those extensions or other browsers, Brave gives Users an option to be able to fund Creators without having to view ads that might also track User information or put malware on the User’s device, which is a common issue with traditional ads.