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

[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.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@petrichaos @YurkshireLad @Vivaldi

it infects social media

perfectionism, toxic idealism, purity

as an entitled basis to complain about every. goddamn. thing.

and always zero appreciation from these assholes shown, for the only thing we are ever going to get, from any entity in this world, on any topic:

progress

it's simply a basis for edgelord trolling on baseless malcontent

or it's a personality disorder: stunt vibing ego masturbation

it's a parasitical social interaction on us all

[gudenau@hachyderm.io]

@Vivaldi I'll try it out if it stops using Chrome as a base, but it's good to see that some browsers aren't jumping on this bandwagon of doom.

[netzblockierer@tech.lgbt]

@Vivaldi so basically like @torproject / Tor Browser since launch…

#Tor #TorBrowser

[wafflesies@infosec.exchange]

@Vivaldi now if your browser code was stable and relatively bug free we could talk about switching from brave
I'm not usually a free software extremist but outsourcing development to the community may make Vivaldi competitive with the likes of Firefox and brave

[solitha@mastodon.social]

@Petesmom You can make it the default search engine, instead of having to manually switch every time.

[intangiblesloth@mastodon.world]

@jgg @Vivaldi noai.duckduckgo.com

[cassandravert@indieweb.social]

And we appreciate it.

[csolisr@hub.azkware.net]

I'd probably switch to you as soon as you stopped being proprietary software. Can't trust your browser to not be leaking data elsewhere until we can get proper source code to analyze it

[too_little_caffeine@dotnet.social]

@Petesmom @Vivaldi Add it yourself.

[ahau@tribe.net]

@Vivaldi One way or another, I will add my own team of small LLMs to any browsers. Whether your browser does or does not have AI in it, it will make no difference. I will replace the desktop of any OS using my AI centric browser app using a small team of small LLM running on llama.cpp and a bunch of MCP servers to make any browser "smart". A browser becomes a UI for my AI apps. No one can act against a big tidal wave.

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Vivaldi make it open source. I'll definitely switch ️