lewiscowles1986, 8 months ago

@mkennedy aren't all browsers for iOS required to just be skinned safari?

mkennedy, 7 months ago

@lewiscowles1986 @djotaku Yes, but most don't offer this level of blocking/privacy. Or let you add from about 50 ad/tracker blocker lists and import your own. See images.

Vivaldi blocking

lewiscowles1986, 7 months ago

@mkennedy @djotaku
Apple will nerf anything that stops their cash monies from ads and selling their users data.

I'm glad you like vivaldi and it makes you happy. This is more about Apple predatory policies than vivaldi or it's team.

mkennedy, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

@lewiscowles1986 @djotaku I understand the sentament. But I'd say it's blocking them too. See the image:

lewiscowles1986, 7 months ago

@mkennedy @djotaku
Indeed, lets see how long for, and at which user level it tips.

I've seen this happen with companies whose sole job it was to block ads. Vivaldi also wants to be a browser company and offer other features.

djotaku, 8 months ago

@mkennedy according to Cory Doctorow's The Internet Con - it's still webkit as the rendering engine since that's an Apple requirement.

mkennedy, 8 months ago

@djotaku Yes, I know. That's a super sad point on iOS. I wish it was "pure" vivaldi.

However, it has way better ad/tracker blocking than Safari/Chrome/Firefox and syncs with my beloved desktop Vivaldi so they sync is a big deal for me.

Was using Firefox (err skinned webkit) before but the sync and blocking is good stuff.

That said, it's a bit slow unfortunately. Probably that'll improve.

djotaku, 8 months ago

@mkennedy that's true. And sorry for assuming you didn't know. I just learned that fact and it really pisses me off.

astroboy, 8 months ago

@mkennedy Is it good? I'm using Firefox iOS, its worse than on Android, much more limited. Is Vivaldi iOS good?

mkennedy, 8 months ago

@astroboy It's both better and worse. It has the excellent Vivaldi ad/tracker blocking with the ability to add many more custom block lists. It syncs with desktop vivaldi which is good. But it's kinda slow.

astroboy, 8 months ago

@mkennedy Oh, OK. I'm thinking of trying Vivaldi. When did you switch from Firefox to Vivaldi, do you remember how many years ago was that?

mkennedy, 7 months ago

@astroboy Highly recommended (at least for desktop). Great privacy, a company I can get excited about, better compatibility, and super fast these days. I think I switched about 2 years ago.

astroboy, 7 months ago

@mkennedy Nice! Thanks! What were you using on iOS before Vivaldi became available there?