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Remember how there used to be pro-gay fried chicken and anti-gay fried chicken? Now we've got an anti-gay web browser. Amazing how the market provides. What's n

Remember how there used to be pro-gay fried chicken and anti-gay fried chicken? Now we've got an anti-gay web browser. Amazing how the market provides. What's next? An anti-Jew web browser? An anti-black web browser? The only thing I can say for sure is that the next radicalized web browser will also feature blockchain.

procinct 7y ago
Am I missing something? Why is Brave considered anti gay?
- distances 7y ago
  Because Brave's CEO is Brendan Eich. Fair or not, this is exactly what I think every time I read about Brave, and truth be told, also the reason I haven't tried it out.
  - qxnqd 7y ago
    Don't forget to disable Javascript on your browser too.
    - distances 7y ago
      Not sure if you replied on a wrong comment, but I do have JavaScript disabled by default with uMatrix.
      - buboard 7y ago
        i think they re referring to the fact that Eich created Javascript too
        distances 7y ago
        Right, I see.
- jwegan 7y ago
  The reason some people label Brave as anti-gay is due to Brave's CEO and Founder Brendan Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich > On March 24, 2014, Eich was promoted to CEO of Mozilla Corporation. Some employees of Mozilla Foundation tweeted calls for his resignation, with reference to his donation of $1,000 to California Proposition 8, which called for the banning of same-sex marriage in California. Eich stood by his decision to fund the campaign, but wrote on his blog that he was sorry for “causing pain” and pledged to promote equality at Mozilla. Some of the activists created an online campaign against Eich, with online dating site OkCupid automatically displaying a message to Firefox users with information about Eich's donation, and suggesting that users switch to a different browser (although giving them a link to continue with Firefox). Others at the Mozilla Corporation spoke out on their blogs in his favor. Board members wanted him to stay in the company in a different role. On April 3, 2014, Eich resigned as CEO and left Mozilla; in his personal blog, he posted, "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader".
babababababab 7y ago
If you genuinely believed this, then you would by definition also have to believe that JavaScript is an anti-gay programming language, which is just silly. Stop being so silly (:
awgneo 7y ago
This is my absolute concern with Brave as well and why I do not trust this browser and its advertising model in the slightest.
dang 7y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21528921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21528921

procinct 7y ago

Am I missing something? Why is Brave considered anti gay?

distances 7y ago
Because Brave's CEO is Brendan Eich. Fair or not, this is exactly what I think every time I read about Brave, and truth be told, also the reason I haven't tried it out.
- qxnqd 7y ago
  Don't forget to disable Javascript on your browser too.
  - distances 7y ago
    Not sure if you replied on a wrong comment, but I do have JavaScript disabled by default with uMatrix.
    - buboard 7y ago
      i think they re referring to the fact that Eich created Javascript too
      - distances 7y ago
        Right, I see.
jwegan 7y ago
The reason some people label Brave as anti-gay is due to Brave's CEO and Founder Brendan Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich > On March 24, 2014, Eich was promoted to CEO of Mozilla Corporation. Some employees of Mozilla Foundation tweeted calls for his resignation, with reference to his donation of $1,000 to California Proposition 8, which called for the banning of same-sex marriage in California. Eich stood by his decision to fund the campaign, but wrote on his blog that he was sorry for “causing pain” and pledged to promote equality at Mozilla. Some of the activists created an online campaign against Eich, with online dating site OkCupid automatically displaying a message to Firefox users with information about Eich's donation, and suggesting that users switch to a different browser (although giving them a link to continue with Firefox). Others at the Mozilla Corporation spoke out on their blogs in his favor. Board members wanted him to stay in the company in a different role. On April 3, 2014, Eich resigned as CEO and left Mozilla; in his personal blog, he posted, "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader".

babababababab 7y ago

If you genuinely believed this, then you would by definition also have to believe that JavaScript is an anti-gay programming language, which is just silly. Stop being so silly (:

awgneo 7y ago

This is my absolute concern with Brave as well and why I do not trust this browser and its advertising model in the slightest.

dang 7y ago

"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21528921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21528921