Post #2853271
2026-05-15 12:52 UTC
@oblomov@sociale.network @Ketakater@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net
It would not matter if we had our own code really. If we support a format that nobody else supports, it is not really helpful. Sites do not use stuff that the main browsers do not support. That is just how things work.
If there is something that Google adds or removes that we think is important to do differently we do. We spend a lot of time on that. Right now we are spending plenty of time keeping Gemini out of Vivaldi, as an example. We also remove a lot of other stuff and we add our own stuff, such as ad and tracker blockers and a lot more.
The most important thing for us is to grow. More people using Vivaldi means we have more power to influence where the Web heads. IMHO that is a good thing.
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@oblomov@sociale.network 2026-05-15 12:56
@jon@social.vivaldi.net @Ketakater@social.vivaldi.net @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net it's a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem though. JPEG XL for example is starting to see some traction thanks to Apple decided to support it anyway and the availability of extensions for Chrome and Firefox to handle it, and now Firefox is finally looking into adding it in main (not just in nightly behind a default-off flag). Also, since you don't report Vivaldi as such anymore IIRC, how are you going to show that more people are indeed using it?