IT Nerd of 30yrs and avid hobbiest of genealogy, geology and science in general.
Shivers…
I remember when I signed up for SO and was immediately put off by the fact you couldn’t post a conversation asking for help until you had helped others out AND gotten enough positive points.
I still did it, but damn their moderation system is ass.
I don’t like Assassin’s Creed or Tom Clancy’s games enough anyway: Ubisoft now blocked on my Steam list.
SO PTSD is real.
Still waiting for that DDR5 update so I can download more RAM… Funny how old memes can make a full recovery to relevance.
They put their brand before user security and sustainability. And still have the gall to claim to be ethical.
Wait wait wait. Where does Vivaldi say that in any way? On the contrary, they’re pretty damned clear about
Their brand https://vivaldi.com/for-a-better-web/
Vivaldi is headquartered In Norway, proudly employee-owned, with no external investors pulling the strings. This means we make decisions that are best for you, not for shareholders’ profit. We build the browser we want to use, listening to our users to create a web experience that’s free, powerful, and uniquely yours.
Their user security https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/
We strictly protect the security of any and all personal information you provide to us while using Vivaldi products and services. We do not share or sell information to any third party and we proactively protect all user data from disclosure, with the only exception being if requested by legitimate law agencies with a court order.
and their sustainability https://umatechnology.org/why-vivaldis-anti-ai-browser-is-great-news-for-humanity/
So I’m sorry, but your own comment sounds absurd because it lacks any proof thereof.
None are so cursed as those who fail to learn from history.
No disagreement there, but Vivaldi isn’t repeating anything that’s been tried before. Vivaldi is an employee owned company that wants to succeed, wants to offer the best interface, security and features to the general public it can whilst simultaneously keeping itself uniquely true to its values and survival. Gee, so horrible of it to want to scrape a living for its employee owners. Ridiculousness indeed.
I get the resentment for closed source and the love for FOSS, but just because it’s closed doesn’t mean it’s bad.
I’ve been a Slackware user since 1994 and if you’ve ever used sg3_utils or lsscsi, you’ve used my code lol.
I just cannot commit to fanboing like that as there’s reasons even today not to gnu everything. Vivaldi has a descent reason too https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/
that wasn’t the question lol.
Vivaldi for me.
It is based on Opera, but is nothing like the Opera company, does a really good job at blocking ads out of the box and is lighter in ram than FF android.
edit: Vivaldi also holds a zero AI policy. https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/
I played with the Chinese Zinwa Q25 last year and it sooo felt like a Blackberry. Too bad the Q25 is plagued with issues or I would have bought one.
Almost two decades later and I still miss my Blackberry keyboard.