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Mozilla lays off 70

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929 points ameshkov | 3 comments | 15 Jan 20 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dman ◴[15 Jan 20 21:11 UTC] No.22058629[source]▶
Brendan Eich has a helpful chart of Compensation of Highest paid executive at Mozilla vs Firefox market share over time.

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1217512049716035584/p...

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paul7986 ◴[15 Jan 20 22:16 UTC] No.22059384[source]▶
Seems odd in his tweet he noted he was unable to get funding in the valley for Brave. The guy created JavaScript and was a creator of Firefox. Don't get it ..as JS alone has contributed like how much to world economies, as well to almost every HN reader's wallet/bank.
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core-questions[dead post] ◴[15 Jan 20 22:23 UTC] No.22059460[source]▶
He got cancelled for not supporting gay marriage. Nothing he has actually personally done or will do matters in this new moral calculus.
cdmckay ◴[15 Jan 20 22:32 UTC] No.22059545[source]▶
He didn’t not support gay marriage, he actively gave money to oppose it. That’s a little different.
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core-questions ◴[15 Jan 20 23:28 UTC] No.22060004[source]▶
It doesn't matter - it's legal, protected political speech in donation form. There's nothing wrong with having differing opinions about things; you can disagree as much as you like and donate as much as you want to counter it.
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bduerst ◴[15 Jan 20 23:42 UTC] No.22060114[source]▶
Appeal to legality isn't proof of moral superiority. Racial segregation was also legal via Jim Crow laws, and people still hold the political opinion it should still be despite society changing and moving forward.

It is also not censorship nor is it illegal to terminate employment with someone based on their political actions.

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1. core-questions ◴[16 Jan 20 00:42 UTC] No.22060546[source]▶
> Appeal to legality isn't proof of moral superiority.

Then why was it so important for gay marriage to have legal blessing?

> It is also not censorship nor is it illegal to terminate employment with someone based on their political actions.

It is if it becomes the norm (and it has, and it has lead to a Chilling Effect, and the blowback is going to be tremendous).

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2. bduerst ◴[16 Jan 20 01:43 UTC] No.22060909[source]▶
> Then why was it so important for gay marriage to have legal blessing?

Because it is currently illegal in many places?

>It is if it becomes the norm (and it has, and it has lead to a Chilling Effect, and the blowback is going to be tremendous).

Which is a slippery slope fallacy. Political views are not and have not ever been protected classes.

3. Ryckes ◴[16 Jan 20 06:50 UTC] No.22062202[source]▶
> > Appeal to legality isn't proof of moral superiority.

> Then why was it so important for gay marriage to have legal blessing?

Are you suggesting that the only reason to legalize something is to get a legal stamp on it being moral? The main reason is to stop discrimination.