[caiocaiocaio]

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.

[dang]

"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/item?id=21528921

[procinct]

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

[jwegan]

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

> 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".

[distances]

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]

Don't forget to disable Javascript on your browser too.

[distances]

Not sure if you replied on a wrong comment, but I do have JavaScript disabled by default with uMatrix.

[buboard]

i think they re referring to the fact that Eich created Javascript too

[distances]

Right, I see.

[awgneo]

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