It was sent to every postal customer on your mail route, not targeted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/utgukp/i...

I started recommending their mobile browser to everyone I know, because of how well it blocks pop-ups on the phone.

It's interesting for me to imagine explaining this comment to a person in 1995

At the very least I think it relegates people to buckets of either "People who believe tin foil hats give them privacy", and normal people.

Either way I don't think it's a productive dichotomy.

Mail or Email? If its email every company does that, including DDG.

A physical postcard:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/utgukp/i...

I've never gotten an unsolicited e-mail ad from DDG. And for every half-serious company which does send unsolicited e-mail ads, at least I know I'm the one who gave them my e-mail address. If people are getting e-mail ads from Brave without ever having disclosed their e-mail address to Brave, that's seriously concerning.

I'm not saying brave does unsolicited emails, just asking which one.

Snail mail.

Sending unsolicited e-mail advertisements are explicitly illegal in my country and companies that do that could loose the right to exist.

It should also be mentioned that using private information for unsolicited advertisements is something which is likely in conflict with GDPR.