Who makes a direct profit from mining? What are the privileges for those who allow their device to be used for this?
Any owner of a website or application can make direct profit from mining. The owners have the option to distribute their earnings between their users who have mined (through the Loyalty Program, completely at their discretion) , which allows for the privileges to be shared. The same question can be asked about how does a user profit from their data being collected and shared by big tech companies? It's all about supporting the publishers in the end, and we believe that done in a transparent and safe manner, the possibility of donating some spare processing power directly to webmasters beats having your personal data collected and shared without your knowledge by third parties.