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Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine (itsfoss.com)
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[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 57 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Brave is also backed by Peter Thiel.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just wait till you find out who funds Firefox.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Could it be... Satan?

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s Google. So….. yes.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Iirc google only pays Mozilla for a. Having google as the default search engine and b. Avoiding antitrust lawsuits.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

"Only" comes with a lot of implied strings attached. Can Mozilla bite the hand that feeds them? If they can, they should, especially if Google is as evil as they are. If they can't, well, we've identified their master, haven't we?

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Brave is also backed by Peter Thiel.

First I've heard of that. Source?

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

His foundation has invested in it per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Thanks, I knew about some of Brave's controversies but missed that.

I also wasn't previously aware that Brave's CEO, Brendan Eich, was a homphobic shithead, either.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

People won’t pay for anything, and are then surprised by who actually pays for stuff.

These developers need to eat too.