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Why I switched back to Google Chrome over Mozilla’s new CEO
- digitalengineer 13y agoI never understood how a Libertarian can be against gays. Maximum freedom and small government but not in someone's bedroom?
- daveqr 13y agoWhat makes you think he's "against gays"? How do you know he's not gay himself?
- digitalengineer 13y agoThe bill states "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
- momentarily 13y agoRight. It doesn't state "death to all gays".
- digitalengineer 13y agoIt didn't say 'death to all colored people' either back in the day. Just the color of their skin made them different. Now, just who someone chooses to love. Why do I feel the need to defend myself? But okay, in case you're wondering, I'm married and have been for 14 years after beeing with the same girl for 7 years during college. Yeah, thats long... In my country same-sex marrige has been possible for years. I teach my kids they can decide for themself who they wish to love.
- momentarily 13y agoNone of this is relevant. You made a baseless allegation. There is no grounds for claiming that Eich is against gays.
- delinquentme 13y agohey what ever happened to these guys: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3456484 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3456484 please shoot me a PM! Would love to chat!
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- INTPenis 13y agoThis is not a good reason to use a less secure browser. Let's face it, Mozilla Firefox is more open and provides a higher level of control over Javascript (a very common thing used for launching browser exploits) than Chrome. So essentially this author is compromising with their security due to the personal opinions of a CEO. This to me is not a good reason to switch browser.
- sspiff 13y agoI find the revival of interest in his political donation since his rise to become CEO a little ridiculous. When I first found out, I was shocked and maybe even a little upset. But I don't see him using Mozilla to advocate his own political beliefs, and I find his argument of "checking political and religious opinions at the door" when going into Mozilla good enough. I don't see why we have to make such a big deal out of his personal opinion, as long as we don't have any indication that he'll be using his position at Mozilla to further his political agenda. If we start hearing about gay men being refused to work at Mozilla under suspicious circumstances, or other such abuses, then I'll be outraged.
- voicereasonish 13y agoAnything related to gay marriage has become totally "good vs evil". There's no middle ground, no nuanced arguments. If you're against gay marriage, then you're obviously a homophobic religious gay bashing evil hitler. I'm glad he stood up for what he believes in and put his money where his mouth was. If only more people (on all sides of arguments) did the same.
- zimpenfish 13y agoI don't think it's become that and I don't believe he's "a homophobic religious gay bashing evil hitler". I do believe it's a mistake promoting a contentious[1] person to CEO since that's pretty much guaranteed to cause a PR shitstorm like this. [1] Allegedly three board members quit because they wanted an outside hire instead of Eich (unrelated to the Prop 8 issue).
- momentarily 13y agoSJWs will find a problem with absolutely anyone and anything. You can never please SJWs. The only winning move is not to negotiate with them at all.
- zimpenfish 13y agoFor me, this paragraph is worrying - For Mozilla, it's problematic because of our principles of inclusiveness, because the Indonesian community supports me but doesn't have quite the megaphone. Which comes across as "the lurkers support me in email[1] and y'all are just bleating because you can". But like I said in another comment, I have relatively little skin in this particular game. [1] If you remember Usenet.
- Dewie 13y agoSo he boycotts Mozilla and instead goes to Chrome, Which Google is behind. Google, one of the major (the biggest?) contributors of Mozilla. > You’re probably wondering: “Why now?” The donation came to light in 2012. It’s simple: He was a low level functionary back then. He had no more power than the cashier who ranted at me about the “War on Christmas.” Wasn't Eich the CTO of Mozilla back then? That position must be very impotent at Mozilla, I guess.
- Grue3 13y agoEnjoy your botnet.
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- momentarily 13y agoOh, enough with this shit already. Stop spamming Hacker News with your insane activism, which is nothing more than bigotry under the guise of anti-bigotry. Take this shit back to the SJW ghettoes of tumblr, where it belongs.
- mkr-hn 13y agoWhat makes you think I'm a SJW? I'm an active member of /r/TumblrInAction.
- momentarily 13y agoTrying to oust Brendan Eich out of his professional position because you don't like his personal opinions is SJW-style bigotry and harassment. It's an example of everything that is wrong with the SJW scene. You don't try to convince people through civil debate (and just give up if you can't), you insult/bully/harass/mob/threaten/disenfranchise people into accepting your position. This is beyond the pale.
- mkr-hn 13y ago> Trying to oust Brendan Eich out of his professional position because you don't like his personal opinions is SJW-style bigotry and harassment. You've confused me with someone else. I haven't called for him to step down or for Mozilla to fire him.
- momentarily 13y agoThat's the endgame for this entire witch hunt against him.
- mkr-hn 13y agoWho's talking about a witch hunt? My article is about my personal decision to choose another browser, and the conditions for reconsidering Firefox. None of those conditions involve him losing his job. I don't think you actually read it.