Gregory's Server@vruz Before Firefox had taken accountability and removed him from Mozilla, it made sense to boycott as a way of pressuring Mozilla to do the right thing (which they did)
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 @DigitalJacobin I mean, if your logic were ethical, consistent, and applicable, all people everywhere should boycott everything by Microsoft, everything by Google, everything by Amazon, and so on... In the great scheme of things, a laser focus on boycotting Firefox in particular is more pro-Google and pro-Microsoft than it is pro-gay rights. Assuming you care about the privacy of gay people who depend on Firefox to exist in countries where such situations are a real concern. Also see, above: "In an hypothetical world where I am an authoritarian ruler without discernment or awareness of the world around me, I would probably ban everything that Brendan Eich has created" But we are not in such world, and boycotting a product of one organisation because one stupid guy is too fucking stupid. |
@DigitalJacobin That's true. The reason I think it was unnecessary is because I believe Mozilla would have demoted him anyway. But of course, both scenarios are counter-factual now.