• HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I don't see any of this as legitimate reasons to stop using Brave.

    • yes the CEO donated $1k some 10 years ago to anti-LGBT stuff, and that's bad, but kinda small fries in the totality of factors.

    • ads. Firefox has ads and trackers just like Brave. You can disable them on either.

    • you can also disable crypto.

    • hijacking affiliate codes is unethical and should be stopped but don't actually affect me in any way.

    What else ya got?

    • phej@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      The "anti-LGBT stuff" is enough imo. It may be "small fries", but I'd rather not support someone (or their company) when they clearly don't support me.

    • lieuwex@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      hijacking affiliate codes is unethical and should be stopped but don't actually affect me in any way.

      I mean, alright. But you could say "I don't care" about any infraction of freedom and/or trust. I trust software to not modify my intent, any software that does so without asking can not be trusted in any way.

      • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Agree to disagree, I suppose. It's worth it for the comprehensive privacy features.

    • bankimu@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      CEO donating to what's cause is ideology that should be separated from you assessment of the product.

      I don't care about this, sounds like another Hogwarts fiasco.