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maxwisecracks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• HKayn@dormi.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why care which browser they use?

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• spez@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s firefox (well, librewolf) + vivaldi is closed-source.

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  • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fuck you spez!

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    • nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah of all the names to choose…

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  • TiffyBelle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a little disingenuous so say that “Vivaldi is closed source” and leave it at that. The vast majority of their browser is built on open-source code:

    vivaldi.com/…/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-sourc…

    Only a small portion (~5%) of their bespoke UI code is closed. The vast majority of their source is published.

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    • spez@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well that part is essentially just chromium so that’s why ‘vivaldi’ (as in what makes slightly different being its ui) is essentially closed source. But yeah that distinction is there.

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• MashedTech@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why Vivaldi?

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  • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because it’s fucking awesome. Here’s why I used* to use it:

    • Built in email client
    • Built in RSS reader.
    • Themes and customisable UI (vertical tabs, bottom tags, tab previews, tab stacking)
    • Built in ad blocker
    • Sidebar with Mastodon, RSS, mail, translate, etc

    *I use Floorp now cos I wanna support Mozilla/Firefox by upping the browser share numbers but Vivaldi is the best Chromium-based browser by far.

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    • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And people bash brave for being bloated.

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      • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Horses for courses.

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