I've been using it as a daily driver for two years and don't understand what you're talking about. > bloated interface It looks almost exactly like Chrome to

I've been using it as a daily driver for two years and don't understand what you're talking about. > bloated interface It looks almost exactly like Chrome to me. I have them side by side and the difference is barely noticeable. > word processor I assume you mean its note feature, which I know exists but has never once been used by me nor has it ever gotten in my way. > minigames If there are minigames I had no idea they existed. I'm fairly certain Chrome has some though. > All things work, but none of them work good. This isn't clear enough to be worth arguing against, but the only thing I'll point out that doesn't "work good" for me is the tab switching interface is sometimes slow and gets "caught" on the tab switching screen. Everything else is business as usual. > absolutely no tracking protection by default I'm not sure if they have ever claimed this, nor do I recall if it is enabled by default, but Vivaldi has a built in ad blocker, and you can still install Chrome extensions for additional protection. > I've found nothing about how their sync protocol works A quick search for "Vivaldi sync" turned up this: "You also need to pick an encryption password that is used for encrypting your data. Your encryption password is used locally on your computer for encrypting the data you’re about to send to our servers and to decrypt the received data. Your encryption password is never sent to us or any other third party, which ensures that we cannot decrypt your data." [0] (Also linked from the article you're commenting on.) Maybe that isn't the technical detail you're looking for but it's not "nothing." [0] https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tools/sync/ https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tools/sync/