No, in case you wonder, we haven't changed our minds.

[jgg@qoto.org]

@Vivaldi

Kudos for doing such an amazing job.

I wish we were to have a truly independent search engine, free and with no AI nonsense.

We can't have a web in our terms when the big search engines are getting us less and less genuine results each day, even these are buried by AI nonsense, and are soon to be scrapped.

[torithom@theforkiverse.com]

@Vivaldi how is it only a fringe news story that Google is overhauling the search? This has huge ramifications for everyday people; it's not just a tech or business news story.

[deutrino@mstdn.io]

@Vivaldi now please make the address+search bar work like Firefox and then never touch it again

[petesmom@kolektiva.social]

@Vivaldi
Please make noai.duckduckgo a default search engine choice. I have to manually switch DDG every time I use it.

[cavyherd@wandering.shop]

@Petesmom @Vivaldi

Seconded.

[iltabellinoweb@flipboard.social]

@Vivaldi Keep going. We need a good browser and a good search engine too, not to compete with google but to offer a different way of search. Maybe separating commercial and non commercial web.

[catweazle@social.vivaldi.net]

@Petesmom @Vivaldi, why not an European search engine, like Startpage, Mojeek, Metager, Swisscows....? All without AI

[skwerlgyrl@hear-me.social]

@Catweazle @Petesmom @Vivaldi

Startpage was my choice and it works great with Vivaldi 8.0.

[xennyg@social.vivaldi.net]

@Vivaldi Thank you!

[mikeymcfilms@mastodon.social]

@Vivaldi

I wouldn’t mind someone else to go out to dinner with my friends

[bearavikas@mastodon.social]

@Vivaldi That's what I like to hear!

[gnutrix@social.vivaldi.net]

@Vivaldi Perfect. I regularly use AI in a separate tab to help me figure out what I want to search for, and then do the search. So much of what AI "answers" is unnecessary and gets in the way of the answers you're actually looking for. I don't want context for every question or search. For those who do want it, they should be the ones forced to opt-in, rather than forcing the rest of us to opt-out.

[yurkshirelad@mastodon.social]

@Vivaldi if you want a better web, don’t base your web browser on chromium. We need independent competition.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@YurkshireLad @Vivaldi

this was an early design decision when things were less creepy

it's not the end of the world

and perhaps vivaldi can transition, but it's a huge ask, and you know it

in the meantime stop being such a douchebag and show some appreciation for the post above

instead of immediately launching into masturbating your ego over this endless endless "bUt I wAnT pErFeCt" that infests social media, and means absolutely nothing, this lowest common denominator empty whining

[billbennett@mastodon.nz]

@Vivaldi this actually me want to try Vivaldi. Thanks @BobLefridge

[lps@holos.social]

@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net bravo!!!!

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@Vivaldi That's good to heard you won't cave into AI like the other browsers.

What about my Vivaldi cat ear logo change? I think it would be a hit!! :3

[petrichaos@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @YurkshireLad @Vivaldi just be grateful and flexible..
I appreciate Vivaldi's philosophy and efforts, even though I'm using Mullvad Browser as primary

[jamesnielsen@mastodon.social]

@jgg
For a private search enginge try startpage dot com
Anonymous mode and AI optional.

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@Vivaldi Awesome, sure wish I could run Vivaldi on #FreeBSD.