Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

• rageagainstmachines@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Vivaldi is chromium based. The goal is to not support Google’s monopoly and stranglehold over dictating web standards.

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My 1st goal is to have a good browser experience without Ai crap and have my privacy reasonably respected. Read up on Vivaldi if you question whether their goals align with these.

    My second goal is to save the world, but I’m not going to use a crud AI browser like Firefox (which btw is funded by Google anyway) so I can feel superior.

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    • rageagainstmachines@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      You can still have a good (dare I say better) browser experience without AI crap by using a non chromium based browser.

      For example you would probably really like uBlock Origin on a Gecko-based browser. uBO on a chromium based browser isn’t as powerful because of recent Manifest V2 changes.

      Also, the fact that Google funds Mozilla is not as bad as actually using chromium browsers. Using chromium browsers does more damage to our internet experience than having Mozilla accept dollars from Google.

      In a way, don’t you think it’s weird that Google is funding Mozilla (and by your logic basically endorsing it) and yet you’re not using it?

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      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨34⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        In a way, don’t you think it’s weird that Google is funding Mozilla (and by your logic basically endorsing it) and yet you’re not using it?

        In what way? I don’t understand this. I want to be as far away from Google as I reasonably can without cutting my nose off to spite their face.

        This reflexive chromium bad mentality really blinds people to what Vivaldi is doing. You don’t seem to understand for example the manifest 2 changes have not affected Vivaldi and that they have pledged to prevent that for as long as they can. My u block works just as well as yours but my websites load faster and I have a development team that is anti AI not trying to shove slop at every upgrade.

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  • Womble@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The number of people suggesting that the appropriate responce to an optional feature for the standard bearer foss browser is to jump to a chrome based browser and further cement google’s dominance is depressing.

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