Comment on Kagi is now partnering with Brave
AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
That is kinda disappointing. I had a distaste for Brave after all the initial controversy regarding the ad blocking, which only got worse from the crypto crap they now have in the browser.
I’ll still keep paying for Kagi, but this is a step in the wrong direction in my opinion. Let’s hope at least the results get noticeably better.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Don’t forget the Brave CEO being ousted from Mozilla for being massively homophobic
iopq@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He didn’t support gay marriage in 2008. Neither did Obama, but he gets a free pass. Is Obama massively homophobic?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Firstly, fuck off with this misrepresentation. He spent money to actively oppose LGBT rights. That’s very different to not publicly supporting it.
Also, he hasn’t come out and said that he was wrong.
iopq@lemmy.world 5 months ago
When did he double down?
iopq@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Didn’t know he doubled down on it. When did he do that?
iopq@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Didn’t know he doubled down on it. When did he do that?
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Has he made a statement to the contrary?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No, but he did do an interview years later where he doubled down, and complained that people weren’t being inclusive of those with homophobic views.
Basically the “so much for the tolerant left! They’re not even tolerant of my intolerance!” argument lol
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Neither did the CEO of Grindr, later than that, lol
idefix@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Has he done more than giving 1000 USD in 2008? Any statement for example?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He’s spoken out since and said he thinks homophobia is acceptable (in 2014). He’s never said he was wrong.
Ask yourself if you’d be angry if he spent money campaigning on giving, say, black people fewer rights. I’d imagine you’d be pissed off about that. So what’s the difference? Why are you accepting of this?
It’s particularly bad that he sells his product as being respectful of people’s privacy, yet he wants the state to intervene in people’s private lives and prevent them from having equal rights.
He also came out and said that it’s the people who are against homophobic people are the real people against inclusiveness. What a joke.
By all means, use Brave. I don’t care. Use their crypto, whatever. I just personally refuse to support someone who is unrepentantly homophobic.
Cyberjin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
These days it’s easy to get label as -phohic
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Cool story bro.
Facebones@reddthat.com 5 months ago
You don’t get labeled as “phobic” for thinking that - you get labeled as “phobic” because you’ve made it, and your complete inability to mind your own business, your entire personality.
Cyberjin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Doesn’t make sense