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Since Brave is apparently absolutely terrible, is Vivaldi any better IF YOU CAN'T USE FIREFOX*? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by AeroLemming@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I daily drive Firefox, but more and more websites are starting to break without Chromium, so I still have to occasionally switch to get something working. I was using Ungoogled Chromium until I realized that there was no easy way to update it when that pixel-stealing exploit came out a while back.

To be clear, I'm not talking about stock "no settings changed" Vivaldi. With that requirement, even Firefox could be called invasive! What I want to know is if Vivaldi is relatively safe to use with all the telemetry and stuff disabled in the settings and using any necessary extensions.

Thanks!

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[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that still doesn't solve the lack of anti fingerprint protection. uBlock Origin can't do that, it has to be built into the browser.

And the fact that it's proprietary and we do not have the source code.

Yes, they provide a "part" of their source code which is mostly chromium code which is freely available anyway. this is just a marketing practice, it has no real value because it is incomplete and can't be compiled and even if you tried to examine the available parts, they do not provide a git repository for easier examination. This is a huge reason for not trusting them. I wouldn't place my trust on a browser that obscures it's source that way and tries to compensate by publishing part of it. Their lack of transparency is worrisome.

There's also the fact of the chromium monopoly but other people got that part covered.