[negidius]

I don't care if people disagree with me, and I wouldn't have anything against him if he was just personally bigoted and wrote about how much he hates gay people on his blog or something.

I don't think people should be canceled for expressing opinions, but that's not the same as funding an effort to actively harm people. He is entitled to his opinions, but he is not entitled to enforce them on other people.

[cactusplant7374]

People have opinions and inevitably their offspring usually adopt their opinions. There will be exceptions obviously but exceptions make the rule. For the most part that is probably how society changes over time. A high birthrate of Amish compared to the rest of the population could completely change the political landscape.

Anyway, there isn't any proof that Eich hates gay people in the way you imply. He didn't lead any anti-LGBT changes at Mozilla and there haven't been any at Brave. The commentary is that he did one thing that really offended a bunch of people. There just aren't compelling reasons to think he's a monster.

[bmarquez]

> he is not entitled to enforce them on other people

In 2008 when Proposition 8 was on the ballot, that Eich privately supported, even President Obama (candidate at the time) was publicly against gay marriage.

There needs to be some historical cultural context, supporting Prop 8 in 2008 is different than supporting Prop 8 in 2023. Now if Eich said he would support it in 2023, that's a different matter.

But I would still use Brave browser and search since it's a good product.

[negidius]

I don't think there need to be any historical cultural context. It was just as wrong and bigoted then as now. It's not an excuse that most people agreed with him at the time.

If I accepted that agreeing with the majority makes everything okay, I couldn't criticize the many horridly immoral things the majority still agree with today.

I still use Brave sometimes, and I would probably still use it if he did the same thing today, but I will continue to think he is a bad person unless he at least donates the same amount (adjusted for inflation) to a charity that supports LGBTQ+ people.