Why I switched back to Google Chrome over Mozilla’s new CEO
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When I first found out, I was shocked and maybe even a little upset. But I don't see him using Mozilla to advocate his own political beliefs, and I find his argument of "checking political and religious opinions at the door" when going into Mozilla good enough.
I don't see why we have to make such a big deal out of his personal opinion, as long as we don't have any indication that he'll be using his position at Mozilla to further his political agenda.
If we start hearing about gay men being refused to work at Mozilla under suspicious circumstances, or other such abuses, then I'll be outraged.
If you're against gay marriage, then you're obviously a homophobic religious gay bashing evil hitler.
I'm glad he stood up for what he believes in and put his money where his mouth was. If only more people (on all sides of arguments) did the same.
[1] Allegedly three board members quit because they wanted an outside hire instead of Eich (unrelated to the Prop 8 issue).
For Mozilla, it's problematic because of our principles of inclusiveness, because the Indonesian community supports me but doesn't have quite the megaphone.
But like I said in another comment, I have relatively little skin in this particular game.
[1] If you remember Usenet.
Let's face it, Mozilla Firefox is more open and provides a higher level of control over Javascript (a very common thing used for launching browser exploits) than Chrome.
So essentially this author is compromising with their security due to the personal opinions of a CEO. This to me is not a good reason to switch browser.
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> every keypress straight to Google
> You’re probably wondering: “Why now?” The donation came to light in 2012. It’s simple: He was a low level functionary back then. He had no more power than the cashier who ranted at me about the “War on Christmas.”
Wasn't Eich the CTO of Mozilla back then? That position must be very impotent at Mozilla, I guess.
Stop spamming Hacker News with your insane activism, which is nothing more than bigotry under the guise of anti-bigotry.
Take this shit back to the SJW ghettoes of tumblr, where it belongs.
You've confused me with someone else. I haven't called for him to step down or for Mozilla to fire him.
This from the person who doesn't think we should interpret and judge a man's public anti-equality political contributions? Why do you give the benefit of the doubt to him and no one else?