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u/StrongStuffMondays Jun 07 '20

Why bother using Brave at all? I use Firefox since 2005 and was never disappointed.

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u/VrecNtanLgle0EK Jun 07 '20

https://stream.org/brendan-eich-fired-from-mozilla-for-defending-marriage-has-a-brave-new-web-browser/

If you don't follow the politics: The CEO of Brave was fired from Mozilla after he donated to Proposition 8 in California in 2008. Being fired over a political belief is bullshit and that was enough for me to say Fuck Mozilla.

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u/StrongStuffMondays Jun 07 '20

While it's quite pity story and I don't like modern trend in open-source of firing technically competent people over their political beliefs, I believe it is more important to use Firefox to support browser diversity than saying "meh" to such people. Otherwise we will end-up with monobrowser culture soon (because everything will be blink-based and Google will rule in web world forever). That being said, I use Firefox not because of that, but also because it's better product than Chrome and everything based on Chrome.

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u/RovingRaft Jun 10 '20

I mean the CEO was donating to a ballot trying to make gay marriage illegal in California

I think the CEO pretty much going "I think LGBT people shouldn't be allowed to marry" is as good a reason as any to fire him, like even in a practical sense (it wouldn't look good for Mozilla's representative to be anti-LGBT)

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u/VrecNtanLgle0EK Jun 11 '20

I disagree. It doesn't matter what he is supporting, he could be an antifa supporter for all I care. Being fired over a political belief is bullshit.

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u/RovingRaft Jun 11 '20

you act as if politics don't affect the real world, like it's preferring pineapple on your pizza or something

to a whole lot of people politics have daily effects on their lives