Post #2103225
2025-11-14 20:10 UTC
@yoasif @thibaultamartin
They don't seem to obfuscate anything, instead like I said they say in one of the links in the thread I linked (did you read it?) that, yes, there is some closed-source code in their code and they explain why.
Edit: this is the link: https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/
Personally I'd rather use a program that is closed source but does what I want than one that's open source but forces things on me that I don't want. But of course everyone is allowed to have different priorities :)
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@yoasif@mastodon.social 2025-11-14 20:15
@elduvelle @thibaultamartin I'm not here to support Mozilla's forays into AI -- I specifically commented that it makes it harder to publicly support Firefox. I agree that Vivaldi hasn't really obfuscated their open source status - that is mostly their userbase (including yourself) who like to claim it is mostly open source. I think it is clear that the product released by Vivaldi isn't open source, even if some components are. The same can be said of Edge, or Opera, or Yandex or Perplexity.