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[โ€“] DeForrest_McCoy 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Becuase the other browsers suck.

[โ€“] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This was my excuse until recently. Now I enjoy Vivaldi. Turns out I need less extensions to enjoy this one! I'm so happy ๐Ÿ˜Š

[โ€“] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chromium based trash ๐Ÿ˜ 

[โ€“] MiddledAgedGuy 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vivaldi is chromium based and not fully open source. It doesn't deserve any more trust than chrome/edge/safari/etc.

[โ€“] anzo@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, you're right the UI code is closed source. Hate to admit it, but it kind of makes sense given it looks so nice ๐Ÿ™ˆ