@dracokitty CEO was fired from Mozilla for being an anti-queer bigot (cite: https://abcnews.com/Business/mozilla-ceo-resigns-calif-gay-marriage-ban-campaign/story? ) has since doubled down & also branched out into new exciting territory like covid denialism (cite: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html )
more weirdly they were caught routing user traffic through their own affiliate links a few years back—mostly for crypto currency sites I think? Oh yeah also, the CEO is/was VERY into crypto (cite: https://www.pcmag.com/news/brave-browser-caught-redirecting-users-through-affiliate-links )