Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Firefox · 9 months agoEmpowering Choice: Firefox Partners with Qwant for a Better Webblog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down16cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI was trying Kagi but I’m put off it now that they’re partnering with Brendan Eich. I don’t think I’d use Brave search, for the same reason.
minus-squareBeam me out!@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months ago@dan I see, what’s the problam with Brendan Eich, is he the former Firefox CEO?
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoHe was only CEO for 11 days and was essentially forced out due to homophobic comments and funding proposals for banning gay marriage. He also spread misinformation about COVID-19. There’s a thread in Kagi’s forum about it here: https://kagifeedback.org/d/2808-reconsider-your-partnership-with-brave/16 and a Mastodon post here: https://chaos.social/@scy/111704636274463611
I was trying Kagi but I’m put off it now that they’re partnering with Brendan Eich. I don’t think I’d use Brave search, for the same reason.
@dan I see, what’s the problam with Brendan Eich, is he the former Firefox CEO?
He was only CEO for 11 days and was essentially forced out due to homophobic comments and funding proposals for banning gay marriage. He also spread misinformation about COVID-19. There’s a thread in Kagi’s forum about it here: https://kagifeedback.org/d/2808-reconsider-your-partnership-with-brave/16 and a Mastodon post here: https://chaos.social/@scy/111704636274463611