Reddit privacy moderators recently censored this content over a day after it was posted. IMO the reason is suspicious.
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(There are no subreddit rules banning “political propaganda” or “character assassination.” Nor does this comment appear to rise to either of those accusations: other non-removed comments back up the removed one.)
Imagine being so fucking ignorant that you actually liked Brave even before finding out Thiel was involved. Eich’s involvement was already enough (fuck that guy for inflicting Javascript on the world), let alone the fact that its business model is a protection racket wrapped in a crypto scam.
(Not trying to downplay Eich’s bigotry, BTW, just trying to raise awareness of all the other underappreciated ways that he sucks.)
Eeeep I am one of those ignorant people. Had no idea. Funny enough I switched back to Firefox a few weeks ago for other reasons.
Brave always reeked of VC money with all the promotion they do. It genuinely turns me off whenever I see supposed “for the community” software with heavy marketing.
What’s his bigotry?
He’s publicly against same-sex marriage and was a firm supporter of Proposition 8, an amendment to the California Constitution defining marriage as valid only between a man and a woman, which was later overturned in federal court.
Wow that’s fucked, yikes.
Tried to block same-sex marriage in California: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich#Appointment_to_CEO_and_resignation
I added a couple hopefully helpful links elsewhere in this thread, but this one is probably the most relevant