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He did say it was a mistake later[0]: > 1/ We made a mistake, we're correcting [0] https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://twitter.

He did say it was a mistake later[0]: > 1/ We made a mistake, we're correcting [0] https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201

MrOwnPut 4y ago
If you read the full thing he's saying the autocomplete should not have filled in a referral code, only typing in the full address. It's the same thing as when FireFox adds it's referral code when going to Google Search, I believe that's most of their revenue... TLDR: the bug was the referral code was being added in the autocomplete. It should have only been added to the exact affiliate address, such as "binance.us".
- NayamAmarshe 4y ago
  Exactly, it was a bug that was fixed in a single day after release, years ago! Some are still mad at Brave releasing a bug, as if other browser are flawless.
dools 4y ago
The distinction I was making here was "by mistake" versus "done on purpose but acknowledging it was either done poorly or the wrong thing to do". OP said "Mistake was getting caught" which to me implies that he is using the word "mistake" to reduce accountability rather than increase it. I think it's the latter: he's using the word "mistake" to take responsibility for having made a decision his users disagree with (whether or not it's objectively bad, I think is a moot point given the backlash from users). Same clarification he makes in this tweet: "I think you used "mistake" where you meant "accident". I never said it was accidental. We were treating it like a search query (which all big browsers do tag with an affiliate id to get paid from by the search provider). But a valid domain name is not a search query. Fixing." https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269421487011713030?s=20 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269421487011713030?s...

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He did say it was a mistake later[0]: > 1/ We made a mistake, we're correcting [0] https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269313200127795201 https://twitter.

by brigandish 4y ago

MrOwnPut 4y ago
If you read the full thing he's saying the autocomplete should not have filled in a referral code, only typing in the full address. It's the same thing as when FireFox adds it's referral code when going to Google Search, I believe that's most of their revenue... TLDR: the bug was the referral code was being added in the autocomplete. It should have only been added to the exact affiliate address, such as "binance.us".
- NayamAmarshe 4y ago
  Exactly, it was a bug that was fixed in a single day after release, years ago! Some are still mad at Brave releasing a bug, as if other browser are flawless.
dools 4y ago
The distinction I was making here was "by mistake" versus "done on purpose but acknowledging it was either done poorly or the wrong thing to do". OP said "Mistake was getting caught" which to me implies that he is using the word "mistake" to reduce accountability rather than increase it. I think it's the latter: he's using the word "mistake" to take responsibility for having made a decision his users disagree with (whether or not it's objectively bad, I think is a moot point given the backlash from users). Same clarification he makes in this tweet: "I think you used "mistake" where you meant "accident". I never said it was accidental. We were treating it like a search query (which all big browsers do tag with an affiliate id to get paid from by the search provider). But a valid domain name is not a search query. Fixing." https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269421487011713030?s=20 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269421487011713030?s...