Jon von Tetzchner, CEO and founder of Vivaldi Technologies, refuses to integrate AI features in its browser and wants human engineers, not AI, to write its code.

  • warm@kbin.earth
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 hours ago

    That Chromium backbone is exactly why. Firefox or forks of it are preferred. Other browsers using different engines can also be recommended, but I only know of some WIP projects right now. Also, Vivaldi is proprietary, not open source.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      4 hours ago

      Oh wait it’s Chromium?! I have things that need that to work, so even tho I EXCLUSIVELY use FF forks for browsing on my computer, I have to dip into edge (eww) for those web applets to work. Would Vavldi be a good alternative? Better than… ugh… BRAVE, anyway?

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 hours ago

        I’d recommend helium, it’s my favorite chromium browser because it’s fairly customizable and very privacy-respecting. I’d say it’s like the librewolf of chromium, for lack of a better comparison.

      • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        2 hours ago

        Yes, Vivaldi is a good chromium browser when some oddball site doesn’t work.

        You know what works great with FF&Forks; ad-blockers that aren’t sellouts.

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          4 hours ago

          Perfect, I’ll snag that for the like four hardware things I have that need Chromium for settings, and continue using FF forks for anything real!

      • warm@kbin.earth
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        4 hours ago

        Yeah, or just use Ungoogled Chromium, that’s about as raw as it gets without any proprietary shit.