Some people don't want to use browsers based on #Chromium. And it is a choice as valid as any other. But one thing is clear: building a #browser engine from scratch is not a simple task.
Our team maintains and modifies the Chromium code constantly, both to add features and to get rid of #datacollection tools and other stuff added by #Google. And this is already complex enough.
On top of that, we also have to modify WebKit on #iOS - at least for the time being.
Here's a recent interview where npub1gv8d05f9c55ve9h34rw65v7lvhynvdam5s965m9rajqt9gvk7r8slvuu0q (npub1gv8…uu0q) talks about our choices and the challenge of going against #BigTech as a small company:
https://www.kode24.no/artikkel/kritiserer-google-men-bruker-chromium-urealistisk-a-lage-egen-motor/80646397
(It's in Norwegian but don't let that scare you! 😉)
Vivaldi /
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2023-12-13 10:02:00
Author Public Key
npub16agamysef8vhycc5quv6hj775tzl5ddqr9tcu9cehfh6vqf5f60qnryc0sPublished at
2023-12-13 10:02:00Event JSON
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"content": "Some people don't want to use browsers based on #Chromium. And it is a choice as valid as any other. But one thing is clear: building a #browser engine from scratch is not a simple task. \n\nOur team maintains and modifies the Chromium code constantly, both to add features and to get rid of #datacollection tools and other stuff added by #Google. And this is already complex enough.\n\nOn top of that, we also have to modify WebKit on #iOS - at least for the time being.\n\nHere's a recent interview where nostr:npub1gv8d05f9c55ve9h34rw65v7lvhynvdam5s965m9rajqt9gvk7r8slvuu0q talks about our choices and the challenge of going against #BigTech as a small company: \n\nhttps://www.kode24.no/artikkel/kritiserer-google-men-bruker-chromium-urealistisk-a-lage-egen-motor/80646397\n\n(It's in Norwegian but don't let that scare you! 😉)",
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