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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think we have far bigger problems than Brendan Eich in the tech industry. Far more people have suffered or died in recent years from tax cuts and austerity lobbied by by some of the biggest billionaires (i.e. Zuckerberg, Gates, Ballmer, Musk, Bezos) than from the causes Eich has funded.

Can we truly call ourselves humanitarians when we continue to lap up everything that big tech gives to us?

At best, we're hypocrites for cancelling Eich whilst simultaneously sweeping issues like worker exploitation, political/medical disinformation, erosion of privacy, etc from the rest of big tech under the rug.

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[–] Milk_SDF_Possum@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

I agree that you shouldn't use Brave browser cause of things they've done in the past but, oh Jesus, that article is so stupid it reminds me the Hogwarts Legacy boycott.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Yandex is working so nicely for me lately--even better than Firefox. I think any possible spying by Russian capitalists or government will have little to no effect on my life.

[–] Sygheil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And the weird thing is they are tied to their own crypto currency called BAT for viewing supported ad network. Still a fork of chromium

[–] Kinglink@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I use brave to keep a secret set of tabs so my wife won't see my jerk off material on chrome.

Pretty useful for that actually

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