Firefox and its derivatives are the only browsers that challenge Google's monopoly on browser engines and prevent them from making unilateral changes to all web browsers based on them, including Vivaldi. DuckDuckGo is a good search engine though.
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2024
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I used Libre Wolf to challenge Mozilla too... somewhat.
Welllll I mean technically webkit is totally separate from chromes blink fork for the last several years. I.e. browers like safari and gnome's epiphany. That said, safari is mac/iOS only and epiphany sucks ass so...
Fair enough. GNOME Web is the only cross platform non Blink or Gecko browser, and like you say it has flaws compared to those two, such as lack of extension support.
And somehow breaking even more sites than safari; missing many modern features
Duck gets results from bing. I honestly had to switch to Searx. Can’t stand not finding stuff anymore
Why do people always say they switched to SearXNG and then never post the instance they use? Not everyone wants to self host a damn search engine.
Because you can searx for the version you like most…
So? Maybe help others find an instance instead of making it sound like some special club that only privileged people can access because they know how to find the right instance.
? Dude what? You can search just like I can. Idk what your needs are.
SearX is aggregator that get results mostly from Google...
Still my go to but people should know this fact.
I know but it’s more private by a lot. Duck is an aggregator and bad at giving results
To echo @[email protected], you should give LibreWolf a look. It's based on Firefox, but with the telemetry disabled and the default settings set in a way that best protects your privacy.
One adjustment I faced when switching to it was that, by default, LibreWolf deletes all cookies upon exiting, which was annoying for sites I want to stay logged into (e.g. my email). But you can either turn that off, or click on the lock icon in the address bar and tell LibreWolf to save cookies for that site, which is what I did- and WOW DO I LOVE IT! Bonus perk is that it breaks nag windows on sites that keep track of how many articles you've read.
That’s nice.
Between these two options DuckDuckGo Browser is at least free and open source, while Vivaldi is closed source, which makes DuckDuckGo Browser the better choice.
Firefox and its forks are better than both. Firefox's Gecko engine is independent of Google and Apple, while Vivaldi uses Google's Blink engine and DuckDuckGo Browser uses either Blink or Apple's WebKit engine depending on platform.
I say Vivaldi, but how I set up Vivaldi fully mimicked what I could do in Zen, a Firefox fork.
I'm using different browsers for different use cases. LibreWolf for general day to day browsing
Waterfox for background streams stuff where I log into accounts, its a choice not to cross contaminate these
Mullvad Browser for everything grey area-ish
Mull on phone with incognito icon and deleting everything on closing for day to day browsing
Firefox Beta for logging in to accounts where closing doesn't delete credentials
Everything is equipped with at least ublock origin and different modes of no script ranging from default mullvad browser config, to super strict allow per side and script basis in LibreWolf
Neither. Just use something like Librewolf on the computer and Mull on the phone. No need to use the browser of a search engine closely partnered with Bing. Vivaldi is chromium based, which means you will be supporting the monopoly of Google. Vivaldi is also not fully open source.
I wouldn't use either as they both use google's browser engine. They're just two flavours of Chrome.
All browsers using Google's Blink engine are distasteful. Vivaldi is less bad than most, despite being closed-source, but to echo many here, you're better off with almost any Firefox derivative. Libre Wolf has a good rep. I use Pale Moon, but its old-fashioned interface isn't for everyone.
Vivaldi, if you want customization.
guys, we get it, they get it too im sure but could yall stop please?
Let them use a chromium based browser if they want.
With that being said, vivaldi if you are power user, if not it can still be used for simple purposed if you give it a minute.
I for one once had a setup where i removed the tab bar (which can be hori or verti or even at the bottom) and navigated tabs via the windows bar to the left.
Don't use Vivaldi.
Better for what? DDG probably better for privacy as Vivaldi doesn’t really makes any promises around protecting your privacy.
Yet I’m using Vivaldi and really enjoying it. Built in Mail, Calendar and RSS works great. Tabs nested inside tabs is also great. So if you are into that kind of bells and whistles, give it a shot.