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> You do realize that Chrome is proprietary Chrome is a build of the (completely open-source) Chromium browser, with some additional media codecs and a differe

• gorm 10y ago
  You seem to ignore the binary blob extensions e.g. http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/not-ok-google-chromium-voice-extension-pulled-after-spying-concerns/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/not-ok-google-chromi... Also chrome integrates with service that Are closed source. Eg forsync
• scholia 10y ago
  Chrome is more proprietary than Vivaldi, and both based on the same open-source Chromium. The main difference is that you can read the Vivaldi source code (even though it's not open source) whereas you really have no way of knowing what Google puts into its proprietary Chrome browser. So, the techie audience that prefers open source should logically prefer Vivaldi to Chrome.
  • mixedCase 10y ago
    You can install and use Chromium instead of Chrome, which is how I'm replying to your comment.
    • scholia 10y ago
      Yes indeed. Chromium is open source, and Chrome isn't. Which is where I came in ;-)