This. I've seen a couple ads for this thing and the whole premise of it just seemed pointless to me. I do not need a browser with integrated discord and twitch chat. And why on earth do I need social media and streaming services automatically built in?
I like to add stuff to my browser with plugins personally and even there I prefer the KISS principle, it's a browser...it's supposed to show me websites and not be my go-to place for streaming, social media etc.
Vivaldi I do not like personally, very bloat. The customisation is great but that's about it. Also another one that phones home and iirc they fingerprint your profile which also gets phones home. No thanks.
Yeah, I'd tried it and wasn't super impressed. Didn't know about the phone home, I just figured the guy was at least more trustworthy than whoever was running Opera after he left.
I don't know how it is nowadays though, maybe they turned a new leaf. I also seem to remember them having a memory leak last I tried which is a no-go for a browser.
Their browser is very much Spyware anyway. Last I saw someone dig into it it phones home a lot, has unneeded stuff that harvest data etc.
Didn't they sell out to China some years back? Is this an offshoot?
Still the same company, this is some browser for "gamers" and is some kinda off-shoot. Why someone would WANT a browser for gamers is beyond me.
This. I've seen a couple ads for this thing and the whole premise of it just seemed pointless to me. I do not need a browser with integrated discord and twitch chat. And why on earth do I need social media and streaming services automatically built in?
I like to add stuff to my browser with plugins personally and even there I prefer the KISS principle, it's a browser...it's supposed to show me websites and not be my go-to place for streaming, social media etc.
The original creator of Opera went on to create Vivaldi anyway. Both it and the current, contemptibly fake Opera browser run off Chromium of course.
Vivaldi I do not like personally, very bloat. The customisation is great but that's about it. Also another one that phones home and iirc they fingerprint your profile which also gets phones home. No thanks.
Yeah, I'd tried it and wasn't super impressed. Didn't know about the phone home, I just figured the guy was at least more trustworthy than whoever was running Opera after he left.
I don't know how it is nowadays though, maybe they turned a new leaf. I also seem to remember them having a memory leak last I tried which is a no-go for a browser.