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> Every other site will get a User Agent that appears to be identical to Chrome. There is a downside for us in doing this since Vivaldi will effectively disappe
by bambax 7y ago
> Every other site will get a User Agent that appears to be identical to Chrome. There is a downside for us in doing this since Vivaldi will effectively disappear from third party rankings of browser popularity (we will be indistinguishable from Chrome) but that is a price we will happily pay to provide the best website compatibility for our users.
Why not choose a FF UA string then? At least they would be doing the world a favor!!
- tsukurimashou 7y agoWell they didn't say it clearly but they chose chrome because a lot of people use google products, and their browser will work best if they pretend to be chrome, it is that simple. Firefox has the same issues they describe in the article, google throttle perfs and break things on purpose for Firefox (gmail features, youtube features, maps, etc...).
- pgcj_poster 7y agoProbably because Vivaldi is based on Chromium.