Brendan Eich—Founded Brave as a privacy-first browser blocking ads and trackers by default
In 2015, Brendan Eich co-founded Brave Software to build a privacy-focused web browser that blocks third-party ads and trackers by default. Brave reached 100 million users by October 2025. Eich also advocated for GDPR-style privacy regulation in the US, writing to the US Senate in 2018 that GDPR was 'a great leveller.'
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| User Autonomy | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| User Privacy | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.643 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)
Evidence (1 signal)
Confirms product_decision Oct 1, 2025 documented
Brave browser reached 100 million users with privacy-first approach
Brave browser blocks third-party ads and trackers by default. It reached 100 million users by October 2025. Eich also wrote to the US Senate in 2018 advocating for GDPR-style privacy regulation.