It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:
- It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
- It has ads right out of the box.
- It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
- They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
I think he’s pointing out the fact that usually when someone that people disagree with for X or Y reason has touched, created or participated in anything, people tend to demote all of those things, just because this person was involved in it. It’s a stupid thing to do, but some people do it.
Thankfully this is not the case because we are criticizing brave browser the project he is an active member of. oh and thiel because he is an investor.