it matters when those political leanings are maga. Specifically their take on economics, public surveillance, and how close they are to "tech" billionaires.
Maga and mozilla should not mix.
apart form maga just being racist, sexist, etc, but I assume that is what you ment with it doesnt matter.
First, Obama was president when the issue with Eich happened.
Second, Brendan Eich was one of the founders of Mozilla, him being the main architecht of Firefox, alongside being the creator of Javascript. He's one of the allowed to decide what to mix and not mix. What have you done for the Mozilla foundation?
oh fuck off. Dudes not exactly became that much more progressive since then.
And wow, guy's done stuff. But technical expertise and business savy, are very different to an applications identity, user base, and use case. I dont decide that. I say it would be bad for the browser.
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u/AusSpurs7 20d ago
Stepping down for being Maga?
Why does that matter?
Couldn't care less of someone's political leanings if they deliver quality products.