Monitoring users without violating their privacy is the point of Brave. Affiliate links do not violate the integrity or the privacy of the browsing experience. These are great things, it keeps the browser free from cost while still protecting your privacy. It is how they continue to exist without financial support from Google.
We should be careful with the "monitoring users" statement; no user data is sent to Brave. Any "monitoring" is done locally, by the browser itself. The browser doesn't pass user data off to Brave (the company) or any other third parties.
