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minus-squarezewmlinkfedilinkEnglish0•3 months agoWeird that you tell people not to use Chrome because it’s adware but suggest Brave which is a crypto miner.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish0•3 months agoBrave has built-in wallet support and such, but I don’t think it does any mining, does it? It just has its own opt-in ad system to pays out in crypto and is also owned by a turd.
minus-squareTywèle [she|her]linkfedilinkEnglish0•3 months agoBeing owned by a turd is reason enough not to use it.
minus-square@LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglish-1•3 months agoI use tons of software developed by people with whom I would probably disagree on politics. Rejecting a program because one of the developers said something you didn’t like is just childish.
Weird that you tell people not to use Chrome because it’s adware but suggest Brave which is a crypto miner.
Brave has built-in wallet support and such, but I don’t think it does any mining, does it? It just has its own opt-in ad system to pays out in crypto and is also owned by a turd.
Being owned by a turd is reason enough not to use it.
I use tons of software developed by people with whom I would probably disagree on politics.
Rejecting a program because one of the developers said something you didn’t like is just childish.