I'd lost faith in Firefox management several years back, and #Vivaldi is now my browser of choice. They focus on privacy, customization, and speed, proving a small company can compete with big tech giants. Not open source, but alligned with my values. Vivaldi wisely filled the "market gap" for a non-big tech, non-AI web browser that firecely protects my privacy. I use Chrome now only as my "Claude speaks to it browser" and I keep all my real web experience cordoned off like a… 🧵 1/2
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@tchambers I went with LibreWolf on Windows (and Linux since I recently started experimenting there) and Waterfox on Android a year or so ago. If I am not really into detailed customization, which I think is a particular Vivaldi strength, and am into privacy, should I consider Vivaldi?
@mweston I haven't found one thing they don't let me tweak.
@tchambers AND THEY SUPPORT THE FEDIVERSE
@evan YES. I should have totally mentiioned their forward thinking efforts there.
@tchambers I do the exact same sandboxing trick. Chrome is strictly my "dev tools and Claude" container, while Safari handles my actual life. It's getting exhausting how much work it takes to just find a clean, fast browser that isn't trying to force an AI assistant into every text field.
@tchambers Been using Vivaldi for 8 months, huge improvement, Firefox runs slow & pretty much every Big Tech tool / app is the same, waiting for AI "features" I never asked for to load
Love a good functional app, platform, or browser, we need more like it
@joecardillo I heaard the CEO of signal talk about how imporant it is to protect the "blood brain barrier" between LLM's and ANYTHING of our personal data. And that line gets demolished when the browser IS the LLM host.
…perimeter against all things LLM. And version 8.0 is a big step up. Try it out. 🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/vivaldi-8-0-is-the-anti-ai-browser-update-we-ve-all-been-waiting-for/ar-AA23Lfkf 🧵 2/2
