spez@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWe are in Brave's search results!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1imageWe are in Brave's search results!sh.itjust.worksspez@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUraniumBlazer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoWhy what’s up with them? Asking cuz I don’t know.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoTl;dr Brave’s ceo (founder?) has donated to legislation to abolish gay marriage in California. Brave adds referral links to cryptocurrency urls. And it is apparently collecting money for YouTubers and not paying them (I did not fully read that article myself)
minus-squareDelusion6903@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe gay marriage thing is not a good look now, but it’s worth noting that he’s not trying to abolish it today. And the referral link things is also old and it was walked back after it was discovered. Choose your tools based on your needs because everyone will have some politics you don’t like.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoHe may not be trying to abolish it, but he also, to my knowledge has not apologized, or done anything to show he has changed.
minus-squareDelusion6903@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoAs far as I know, you are correct. My main browser is Librewolf and search engine is DDG. But I still use Brave when I rarely need a chromium browser or alternate search engine and he gains nothing from that.
Why what’s up with them? Asking cuz I don’t know.
Tl;dr Brave’s ceo (founder?) has donated to legislation to abolish gay marriage in California.
Brave adds referral links to cryptocurrency urls.
And it is apparently collecting money for YouTubers and not paying them (I did not fully read that article myself)
The gay marriage thing is not a good look now, but it’s worth noting that he’s not trying to abolish it today.
And the referral link things is also old and it was walked back after it was discovered.
Choose your tools based on your needs because everyone will have some politics you don’t like.
He may not be trying to abolish it, but he also, to my knowledge has not apologized, or done anything to show he has changed.
As far as I know, you are correct. My main browser is Librewolf and search engine is DDG. But I still use Brave when I rarely need a chromium browser or alternate search engine and he gains nothing from that.