Wow, I actually had no idea. I haven’t used Brave in awhile now but they’ve been making some strange decisions lately. This makes the picture a little clearer
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AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Just a reminder, one of the largest investors in Brave is a right-wing billionaire who runs a corporate espionage agency that contracts with the US Department of Defense to spy on people.
Fades@lemmy.world 1 year ago
mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Source of the info?
Pfosten@feddit.de 1 year ago
Well, it’s about Peter Thiel. As a source for his involvement, Wikipedia cites this TechCrunch article, which mentions funding from Thiel’s “Founders Fund”.
I’d rather criticize Brave for other reasons though, like being led by Brendan Eich or supporting crypto.
AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
That’s the best reason, but somebody already mentioned it and I didn’t want to be redundant.
IdealShrew@lemmy.world 1 year ago
is it cool to hate crypto now? I thought the sort of people who use Lemmy would be all for the idea
Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
Crypto is a scammers paradise.