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Vivaldi is just a chromium wrapper as far as I understand.

• dismalaf 2y ago
  It's Chromium with the Google bits ripped out, Vivaldi has their own sign in/sync functionality, built in ad blocker, and custom UI. It's based on Chromium but has quite a bit different going on, as much as Brave or Edge.
  • tredre3 2y ago
    But unlike Brave and Edge, Vivaldi isn't open-source.
    • dismalaf 2y ago
      https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/ https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser... They basically just want to keep the copyright to their UI. You can see the source but they don't want anyone to rip off their UI. And let's be real, every browser (even Firefox) has closed source server side code. Also, the comment I initially responded to was about why isn't there a European browser not controlled by "big tech"... Vivaldi is an independent company in Europe making a browser.
      • TheDong 2y ago
        > And let's be real, every browser (even Firefox) has closed source server side code. What is Firefox's? Accounts and Sync are both open source, and I'm struggling to think of anything else i.e. https://github.com/mozilla/fxa https://github.com/mozilla/fxa