Mastodawn

addie Aug 8, 2023

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

Stop using Brave Browser

Seriously.

The Spacebar

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Bitals Aug 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.

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gregandcin

Aug 8, 2023

@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

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Bitals

@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