addieAug 8, 2023
Stop using Brave Browser. https://www.spacebar.news/p/stop-using-brave-browser
Stop using Brave Browser

Seriously.

The Spacebar
Show threadBitalsAug 8, 2023

@EposVox
I fail to understand how his personal donation has to do anything with his company.
Do I agree with his views? No.
Does he have a legal right to support a political campaign that aligns with his views? Yes.
Did he do anything illegal in this story? No.
Does the product harm anybody in any way, shape or form for their sexual orientation? I haven't heard of such occurrence.

Again, I do not agree with his views, I do not use the Brave browser, but this point specifically triggers me.

Show threadgregandcin 

@bitals @EposVox the point is that using Brave contributes to the wealth of the CEO who can then fund more anti-LGBTQ+ shit.

Some people can separate the product from the creator(s), but I for one believe that if I want to make a change, I have to stop supporting projects/companies/whatever that are run by people who's views go against mine and do real damage to the world

Aug 8, 2023 at 4:55pmWeb
Show threadBitalsAug 8, 2023
@gregandcin
That's valid, but the browser is open source, and there's a way to disable the cryptocrap and other monetization, so you give them nothing.
I consider Brave to be the least awful Chromium browser currently alive, and I personally think that touching a libre product made by a homophobic person without making him any money is way better than gifting my soul to a proprietary product like Vivaldi or Opera, who are faceless and politically support whoever is winning atm.
@EposVox
Show threadBitalsAug 8, 2023
@gregandcin
But the best option IMHO is not using a Chromium-based browser, so you do not indirectly support Google's monopoly on the internet, that brings us stuff like the recent web DRM, that actively harms everybody no matter their political views, gender, orientation, food habits etc.
@EposVox
Show threadgregandcin Aug 8, 2023
@bitals I personally use Firefox, so I def get it. There are some people who need to use Chromium based stuff because of work and whatnot, which sucks. Either way, do whatever you believe causes the least amount of harm to the world :)
Show threadBitalsAug 8, 2023

@gregandcin
Just came up with an analogy for my point.

https://downfall.page/
This is a new catastrophic Intel CPU vulnerability discovered by a Google engineer, so he works for a company I strongly dislike.

Boycotting the Brave browser that does not require funding the CEO in favor of using another and proprietary Chromium-based browser for me feels like boycotting the Downfall mitigation because I don't like Google. I am mostly hurting myself and the whole internet crowd security.