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From KHTML to Webkit, to Blink. Forking forked forks, but still open source. If we were talking about a closed source browser then it would be a travesty. Today what Google's doing with Web Integrity is disgusting, but their freely available codebase is not. If the Linux kernel supplanted the NT kernel and Apple decided to re-develop the Mac and iOS (however absurd the notion is given the gigantic amount of work required to do, let's just say hypothetically), and Linux had a "monopoly" on kernels by getting 95% marketshare across mobile and desktop systems, I highly doubt there'd be an uproar for the sake of "muh choices".
As to self awareness, conservatives like iPhones, and liberals love them some Chik-Fil-A, and I can write off pointless articles trying to get me to shop elsewhere over "founder bad" for gender or identity politics. My best friend is a gay man, and I am happy for that couple to have the right to do so. If I didn't use a product or service because of a political misalignment, I wouldn't use anything. Companies that work against socialized medicine irk me because I think we need that, and companies that support gun control irk me because I live by castle doctrine.
There is room in this country for people that purple and cross their ideals, this idea of absolutes is absurd. Gender and identity politics are pointless to even address given the challenges ahead of us, how about we give a shit about.....housing or healthcare? Let's maybe do something about climate change by addressing gentrification and long commutes? Let's fight together to keep our WFH.
Selective outrage is where all the LGBTQ issues belong for the short term, we have real problems.