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lloydde • today at 3:55 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

What a strange hill to stand on at this time. The overwhelming public backlash, boycotts, and resulting damage to Mozilla's brand left Eich with no practical choice but to step down.


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paulddraper • today at 4:08 PM

“Overwhelming.” Eich made a modest donation to a ballot initiative, which got majority support by California btw.

But in any case, your point is “it was damaging the company, therefore it makes sense to see them gone.” And there’s your parallel.

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In reality, whether corporate agnosticism is right depends almost exclusively on your feelings of the underlying cause.