ND Tell HN: Brave Browser is still messing with affiliate links
67 points by jimhi 1336 days ago | 37 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Discussion of Brave Browser's affiliate link handling.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 5 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 12 entries
2026-03-05 15:51 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-05 15:49 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.474 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:49 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.47 (Moderate negative) 0.00
2026-03-05 15:45 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.474 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:45 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.47 (Moderate negative)
2026-03-04 16:53 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.46 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-04 16:53 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate negative (-0.60) - -
2026-03-04 16:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.60 (Moderate negative)
reasoning
Discussion on Brave Browser's affiliate link handling, no explicit rights discourse
2026-03-04 16:53 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-04 16:50 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.14) - -
2026-03-04 16:50 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.14 (Mild negative)
reasoning
Community discussion on Brave Browser affiliate links