2026-09-30 17:37 UTC
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@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net 2026-10-01 12:48
@rhj75@mastodon.social the state of the web is far from ideal, I'll grant you that :) but we gotta work with what we have, and we believe having a choice is a good thing, so everyone can decide what works best for them. Many in our team were involved in building a browser engine from scratch (Presto), back when they were part of the Opera team. It's a costly process, both in terms of time and money. Our team does not have the resources for that. Chromium is an open-source project, it's duly updated and maintained, and guarantees the highest compatibility with web standards. That means we can take it, change what we don't like, and add our own features and UI, allowing us to focus on our users. Unlike other browsers, we don't make any kind of money off Google with Google Search deals, and our ethics dictate that is the way that works best for us.