Comment on I'm really annoyed by how much Brave Search is pushing AI

magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• tourist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you want a privacy-focused web browser, use Firefox or Vivaldi.

  I thought Vivaldi was also shady? Did I maybe confuse it with Opera?

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  • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably.

    Opera is shady. Vivaldi is developed by the people who used to develop Opera, back when it was its own thing and before it sold out to Chinese investors.

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    • cloudless@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Vivaldi is closed-source. Can it be trusted?

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      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I dunno. Everything I’ve seen and heard seems perfectly legit.

        But it’s yet another chromium fork, and I don’t use it.

        I did for a while, as it has some very nice features, but it would consistently open without resuming my session. It would work for months and then just out of nowhere it would open up as if it was just installed. Everything gone. Utterly unacceptable.

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  • magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think you’re replying to my comment though, I never mentioned nor used Vivaldi.

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    • SaltySalamander@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did you read what you linked? That's what they're quoting.

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      • magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Vivaldi slipped my mind, my bad. No need for that tone though.

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    • tourist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t stress over it. I didn’t read the entire thing either. It’s a relatively long article.

      I Read the first few paragraphs and then when the ADHD kicked in I skim scrolled all the way to the bottom where “Vivaldi” caught my eye

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      • magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated and have a great day.

        On topic, I have no opinion on Vivaldi, never used it. But then again I’ve been on Firefox for the last 15 years so… I’m a bit of a lost cause!

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• Interstellar_1@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used it because the results were better for me then the other search engines I have used, but yeah I don’t agree with anything the company or it’s CEO is doing, so there’s no better time to stop it then.

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  • magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s the issue with them, their products are not that bad at first glance and they have a lot of evangelists online (it was particularly egregious on reddit but it is still the case here). I wasn’t throwing any shade at you.

    Search engines pretty much all suck nowadays. I’ve stuck with DDG lately, but they also have their issues apparently.

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