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Note that Opera is now owned by a Chinese consortium [1]. Vivaldi is the new browser by ex-Opera people. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otello_Corporation
Is Vivaldi Chromium based?
Rather just use Firefox. Its an insanely good browser.
Opera was purchased by a Chinese consortium, I'm not a fan of Brave's hijacking of ad spaces so my preference is currently vivaldi - which was founded by co-founder and former CEO of Opera and has been adding new innovative features at a good pace.
Edit: been having fun trying out the latest vivaldi, loving a lot of their features like you can add website filters like greyscale, invert colors and sepia, monospace font + disable loading images or only load from cache, etc.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn03GeXWkAEXRP3.jpg
Feels like they're focused on adding cool features users want, instead of Chrome's catering to mainstream-only users and features that benefit Google.
My preference for a well supported Chromium-based browser that's not Chrome would be to use one of the "Blink" based browsers: https://vivaldi.com https://brave.com https://www.opera.com Opera was purchased by a Chinese consortium, I'm not a fan of Brave's hijacking of ad spaces so my preference is currently vivaldi - which was founded by co-founder and former CEO of Opera and has been adding new innovative features…
Seems like a win-win.
I’m okay with them hijacking ads if that allows them to succeed and thrive.
My preference for a well supported Chromium-based browser that's not Chrome would be to use one of the "Blink" based browsers: https://vivaldi.com https://brave.com https://www.opera.com Opera was purchased by a Chinese consortium, I'm not a fan of Brave's hijacking of ad spaces so my preference is currently vivaldi - which was founded by co-founder and former CEO of Opera and has been adding new innovative features…
Brave seems to be focusing on a monetization model that prevents third parties from tracking its users. Seems like a win-win. I’m okay with them hijacking ads if that allows them to succeed and thrive.
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Chromium updates are blobs and tend to have close ties with Google.
Unless you're compiling yourself, all software is "blobs".
- Some blobs are more trustworthy than others.
My preference for a well supported Chromium-based browser that's not Chrome would be to use one of the "Blink" based browsers: https://vivaldi.com https://brave.com https://www.opera.com Opera was purchased by a Chinese consortium, I'm not a fan of Brave's hijacking of ad spaces so my preference is currently vivaldi - which was founded by co-founder and former CEO of Opera and has been adding new innovative features…
Brave seems to be focusing on a monetization model that prevents third parties from tracking its users. Seems like a win-win. I’m okay with them hijacking ads if that allows them to succeed and thrive.
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why not Safari? Or is the issue non-MacOS OSs
I use Epiphany (aka GNOME Web) and it's like Safari: a minimal WebKit-based browser with no Google integration, but it's cross-platform, open source, and features Firefox sync integration for history/bookmarks/passwords/etc. I can't recommend it enough.
