It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I did not know Brendan Eich was ousted from Mozilla and launched Brave because he was a homophobe who funded anti-LGBT+ campaigns 😬

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      He also created JavaScript, but I don’t see people getting upset and telling others to not use JavaScript.