• PopcornTin@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    If he’s bad, shouldn’t everything he touches be bad? Why web site that uses JavaScript should be just as bad. Any browser based on Mozilla should be bad. Why is it just Brave that’s bad for what he did in 2008?

    • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      As I understand it, the argument isn’t so much “if you use a thing made by a bad person, you are a bad person by association” but rather that using a commercial product made by a bad person, who spends his money on bad causes, is directly helping him spend more money on said bad causes. Since he has never apologized or shown any indication that he has become a better person, not wanting to monetarily support him is a valid reason to not use his product.

    • escapesamsara@discuss.online
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      It’s really hard for the creator of Javascript to make money off of javascript, and it’s unlikely he has any financial interest in the Mozilla corporation anymore since they’re a nonprofit and thus don’t have share holders. However, he directly profits off of Brave.