At @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net , we make browsers. Powerful browsers, with more functionality than others, but still browsers.
What we are not is:
- An OS company.
- A search company.
- An ad company.
- An AI company.
None of our major competitors can really say the same. We focus on doing one thing really well.
If you like that, give us a try! If you are already with us, please share with your friends!
#Vivaldi #Windows #Mac #Linux #Android #Ios #AI
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Why isn’t it on OpenBSD yet?
@tux0r@layer8.space @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net
I guess we have not had so much requests for it. We try to make Vivaldi available everywhere we can, but for us to add a platform is a major undertaking.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net I see. That’s unfortunate.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net @PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social nice to know what you don‘t do to earn money but what do you do to keep the lights on? 🤔
@afuerstenau@troet.cafe @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net @PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social
You can read all about it here:
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net @PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social Thanks, that‘s exactly the post I was looking for. 😁 Every company/organization should have something similar if it‘s not obvious.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net A proprietary front end on top of chromium? Thanks but no thanks.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net I gave #Vivaldi a crack but it wouldn’t let me have a seamless experience between Android and desktop (macos). I don’t think I could even use bitwarden on mobile which instantly stopped my testing.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net Oh,I respect that big time.
However, you’re using the #Google #webbrowser engine which we all should not use any more to avoid a really really bad #monopoly. 😞
I’ll stick with #LibreWolf for the moment.
#Vivaldi #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net One thing that would make me switch immediately would be, if tab closing meant: delete everything, localstorage, cookies, indexdDB. Except for sites explicitly configured not to do this.
Duckduckgo has the fire button, but this decouples closing from deleting the data in a stupid way.
Firefox has delete on exit, which is OK on the desktop, but who closes an app, ever, actively?
Firefox is severely restricted on Apple stuff by their policies. Same for Vivaldi?
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net your grouping of fanes is the best. Now you visit my feed, can you tell me how you do make money?
@boab@mastodon.gamedev.place @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net
Thanks. It is all described here:
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net thanks! That’s does look good also (now I wonder how DuckDuckGo makes money ;)
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net
Hopefully you’ll be independent for years to come.
@jon@vivaldi.net
And based in Norway (EU, GDPR). Don’t think other browser companies can say that either.
@Vivaldi@vivaldi.net@hobs@mstdn.social @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net
Indeed.
@jon@vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net chop off some startup time perhaps
@Wingless@mstdn.social @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net
Unlike some of our competitors, Vivaldi is only started when you start it yourself.
We will continue to work on speeding things up as much as we can.
@jon@vivaldi.net Honest question: Given that you use Chromium, doesn’t this make you completely downstream-dependent of Google?
I feel like “not being an ad company” is nice, but depending that much on an ad company isn’t much better either.
@rom@social.lol
