To get it out of the way; Obviously, yes this chromium and most of us agree that anything Firefox-like is the way to go. This post is not a “Vivaldi is better than xyz”, this is a, “give it a try” type of post. So, hear me out fellow privacists.
Edit; Yes Vivaldi is not open source, but it is source available. This topic is talked about in the interview and I encourage anyone who is discouraged to at least hear the CEO out when during the talk he had with Techlore.
- “We don’t track you. Nothing, zero, zilch.”
- Incredible customization and flexibility
- Hands down the best tab management out there.
- Equally great on mobile (also check the high reviews)
I recently downloaded this Vivaldi Browser based on this rather good and open interview between Techlore and Vivaldi CEO.
So this is a browser developed in Norway, and to my surprise this was a super pleasant experience! The browser is very very fast, its super customizable and has hands down the best tab management I’ve ever tried (seriously wish Firefox had this). It also has some really a neat shortcut system for quick access to different actions. Furthermore they seem to care about all linux distros, with support also for ARM.
I’ve only used the browser for a few days, but the experience is so fluent I just had to share a post about it. The team seem really genuine and open. There are also no third party investors involved with Vivaldi. It is owned by all the employees.
So if you need or want to try a fresh browser I highly highly suggest to give Vivaldi a try: https://vivaldi.com/
Last I’d checked, Vivaldi isn’t open source, so do you have any way to verify their privacy claims? Don’t trust black boxes.
Like, if you like it as a browser, that makes sense, it’s ui is well designed and customizable. But every company tries to claim to be privacy respecting, and it’s rarely true.
This is covered in the interview I linked in the post, here is the timestamp;
Vivaldi is not Open Source, but it is Source Available: https://vivaldi.com/source/
I don’t think people consider Interview with the CEO as verifiable claims for privacy or security. Even Google would claim they are privacy friendly on an interview.
Some independent security audit or a reputed privacy/security org maybe?
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
here is the timestamp
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
It’s not source available. I don’t know why people insist on this. The UI has closed parts that no one knows what it does