Post #2853256

2026-05-14 15:40 UTC

@jon@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Is it really an alternative to Big Tech when it relies on the Google chrome codebase? That's the main criticism I get from friends, when I want to recommend vivaldi

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@TritTriton@shelter.moe 2026-05-14 16:03

@Ketakater@social.vivaldi.net @jon@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Not exactly: they take the Chromium codebase and pull out all the tracking and other nasty code parts from it (as far as it is possible without making it break), before they add their own code.

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@jon@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-14 16:13

@Ketakater@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net Here is the point. Unlike most that have an opinion on this, I have actually built a browser from scratch. Did that with Opera. Realistically we could not do that today. Would require too much resources and take too long. Then we would have to deal with compatibility issues. There are really only two other alternatives when it comes to code. Use Webkit or Gecko. That would be a larger risk and we would not be any less reliant on Apple or Google. The way for us to have the most impact is to continue to build based on Chromium. Over time we will be able to have a bigger impact as well.

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