• BeanCounter@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Summary:

    • Brendan Eich’s donation to Proposition 8, opposing same-sex marriage.
    • Backlash and resignation from Mozilla CEO position due to controversy.
    • Creation of Brave Software and fundraising despite backlash.
    • Plan to replace ads with Brave’s own ad network faced legal challenges.
    • Introduction of Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) cryptocurrency for ad incentives.
    • Privacy scandal involving affiliate codes added to URLs for revenue collection.

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