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Vivaldi CEO explains his anti-AI stance: most users don’t want AI in the browser (cybernews.com)
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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.

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[-] warm@kbin.earth 14 points 12 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 2 points 11 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?

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 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 1 points 11 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!

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 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.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

Thank you! That sounds even better, I’ll look into that!

[-] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 11 hours ago

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

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