Sorry you got downvoted. Once again people are downvoting positive posts about Brave blindly.
It’s no coincidence that the only open source browser that actually blocks ads is the one that gets downvoted all the time. Meanwhile people are dead silent when someone recommends a fully closed source chrome alternative that makes money from search tracking. 🤔
sure. i also dislike that it’s a closed source product created by a private company that could rug pull all the users to turn a quick buck at any time. they haven’t in the last 10 years, and come from a legacy of a company that was very respectful of their customers (opera) but you could also argue the legacy of opera being bought by a spyware company was the last rugpull and that vivaldi will inevitably do the same. but that’s a more abstract complaint
Dude. The day any other browser comes close to the functionality of Vivaldi, I’ll switch. But from my experience with Firefox and Brave, that’s far in the future.
My job basically requires that I use Chrome (I work for a SaaS company whose product’s advance features only work on Chromium). Vivaldi has, at least so far, performed the best, offered the most customization that suited my needs, and isn’t Chrome/Edge. I liked Arc as well, but it has the same issues that Vivaldi has.
I don’t like Brave due to its push of AI/crypto, and Opera doesn’t really work with some of our internal apps.
As a decades long Firefox user it sucks, but I don’t have much of a choice when it comes to work. It’s tough finding alternatives built on Chromium that accomplish everything I need without there being some major caveat.
But why vivaldi of all things?
People are too wussy to use waterfox or at least firefox. Just gotta have a chrome variant I guess
Everything now, except for FireFox, is a WebKit/Chrome variant.
deleted by creator
What you cannot turn off are the homophobic views of Brendan Eich, Braves CEO and co-founder.
Nor their history with intercepting/inserting affiliate links. Sure, that was for a crypto site, but nothing suggests that it can’t happen with other things.
Holy shit… when the Browser itself becomes the Man-in-the-Middle attack
deleted by creator
So you’re just going to ignore the homophobic part, cool
deleted by creator
Yeah you sure do, it’s called “don’t use their product”
Companies don’t stay in existince with no customers/users.
deleted by creator
Don’t use Brave https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/
Sorry you got downvoted. Once again people are downvoting positive posts about Brave blindly.
It’s no coincidence that the only open source browser that actually blocks ads is the one that gets downvoted all the time. Meanwhile people are dead silent when someone recommends a fully closed source chrome alternative that makes money from search tracking. 🤔
Gnome web blocks ads, and getting an adblocking extension on Firefox forks is super easy
deleted by creator
What browser are you talking about here?
Vivaldi
But this whole discussion was started by a highly upvoted comment that says: “But why vivaldi of all things?”, followed by the poster explaining in further detail why they don’t think it’s a good choice. That’s “dead silent”?
The votes, not the replies. There’s a bunch of silent lurkers on here who just browse for comments on brave to downvote them.
What’s wrong with Vivaldi?
further contribution to the google chrome hegemony
Ok. Anything else?
sure. i also dislike that it’s a closed source product created by a private company that could rug pull all the users to turn a quick buck at any time. they haven’t in the last 10 years, and come from a legacy of a company that was very respectful of their customers (opera) but you could also argue the legacy of opera being bought by a spyware company was the last rugpull and that vivaldi will inevitably do the same. but that’s a more abstract complaint
Dude. The day any other browser comes close to the functionality of Vivaldi, I’ll switch. But from my experience with Firefox and Brave, that’s far in the future.
what functionality do other browsers lack? i really mean it. my question is “why vivaldi of all things” and i still don’t think i know
Mouse gestures. For me, they are a must, I can’t browse without them.
I was really hoping for an answer. But it looks like Vivaldi is the best browser, because it has mouse gestures like no other.
My job basically requires that I use Chrome (I work for a SaaS company whose product’s advance features only work on Chromium). Vivaldi has, at least so far, performed the best, offered the most customization that suited my needs, and isn’t Chrome/Edge. I liked Arc as well, but it has the same issues that Vivaldi has.
I don’t like Brave due to its push of AI/crypto, and Opera doesn’t really work with some of our internal apps.
As a decades long Firefox user it sucks, but I don’t have much of a choice when it comes to work. It’s tough finding alternatives built on Chromium that accomplish everything I need without there being some major caveat.
Its UI and UX are very nice, I loved it while I used it, however, Im now using waterfox for privact reasons.