Brendan Eich, illa's former CEO and the creator of JavaScript, has launched a new browser aptly named 'Brave.' The 55 year old was ousted and forced to resign from his position as the company's executive head because of his support for traditional marriage.
Life Site News describes the new browser as an innovative concept. Brave is lightning fast, and nearly ad-free, and it eliminates not only intrusive ads, but also the unpopular tracking tack-ons.
Eich's rift with illa began in 2014, when it was revealed that he donated $1,000 to California's Proposition 8 ballot proposal, which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Although he was not alone in his support of the proposition, which was supported by the majority of Californians, Eich was publicly shamed because he believed in the natural way of marriage and family. He was openly criticised as a racist, a Nazi, and called inhumane.
But the tech genius took it all in his stride, and went on to create Brave. During November last year, he raised $2.5 million to build an advanced team that was super-technical. By August this year, they had managed to raise $4.5 million as seed capital to launch the browser.
What strikingly sets Brave apart from other browsers is the successful and dedicated ad-blocking feature it offers. In an email, Catherine Corre from Brave explained further about the browser, "On the desktop, Brave provides a 40 percent to 60 percent speed increase, and a 2x to 4x speed increase on mobile devices. Therefore, mobile users also see a direct reduction in both battery and data plan consumption."
"Brave also protects users with leading privacy and security features such as encrypted data traffic, fingerprinting shields, phishing protection, malware filtering, and script blocking," Corre stated.