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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"some dude" is the CEO. Has the CEO of Mozilla donated money against same-sex marriage? If not, you are the one who is engaging in "poo-flinging".

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's literally why Eich was made to resign as Mozilla CEO: his anti-LGBTQ+ history is poison for one hell of a lot of web engineers.

Internet engineering, as a field, has always been rather queer.

"There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of hate mail through the Internet without its being touched by a gay program. That's kind of funny." — Eric Allman, author of sendmail

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago

Exactly. The ex-CEO. Emphasis on ex. Mozilla took the right decision, Brave didn't. That is literally why the "both-sides" argument is ridiculous.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He's probably done some horrible thing

Edit: yep https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/mozilla-ceo-eich-resigns-after-controversy/

Brendan Eich steps down following calls for his ouster over his support for California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8.

Wow, on the nose. Literally, yes.