This test only covers some of the simplest and basics of ads and trackers. Nothing as sophisticated as you may find out in the wild, and yet, neither Brave Browser or Vivaldi Browser, can block 100%, but Mozilla Firefox does.
The whole reason people do not just use Google Chrome is because they want an alternative. Many of them don't know they're using Chromium, but still desire an alternative.
That need for an alternative is what Brave Browser and Vivaldi Browser, provides. That has always been their opportunity.
If they were ever going to leave Google, they should do so now, before Google's so-called proposed standard is standardized.
If I were still a Reddit user, this would be perfect for r/LeopardsAteMyFace
Brave Browser and Vivaldi Browser could have
Fork Mozilla Firefox (Gecko)
Fork Apple WebKit
Made their engine.
They had 2 open source development projects to pick from, or they could have done it themselves, but instead they picked the company that does not play well with others (Google)
Now you both want to say how unfair and unjust Google is being. Well, DUH!
The Web Environmental Integrity (WEI) proposal, will pass, it is too late for the pebbles to vote, the avalanche has already started.
Brave can call itself a fork all at wants. It's a chromium base browser and by empowering chromium you empowered Google. The same is true with the Vivaldi browser
The reality is more than 90% of all web browsers today are chromium based
Now you have Google and Microsoft joining forces under a chromium umbrella with Microsoft edge and Google Chrome
You can cry foul. You could say it's unfair. But you chose this
Honestly, what did you think was going to happen when you empowered a huge corporation that did not support true transparency and open standards?
You picked Google Blink because it was a shortcut from not developing your own browser engine. You choose Chromium, as a shortcut and now it is time to pay the price. The free lunch is over!
#vivaldibrowser@Vivaldi When adding bookmarks on the fly to folders, (from the address bar) it no longer shows anything but the exact thing I am typing at the moment into the search - so it's difficult for someone with a bad memory and lots of folder nesting - not sure if it's a bug, or something others are experiencing. Would love to know, thanks 😊🙏
:apple_inc: Awesome browser for Mac.
:mastodon: Great Mastodon instance in form of #VivaldiSocial
Looking forward to using the Blog and using the browser for iOS.
For me the best way to access #Mastodon is in my browser. @Vivaldi comes with a Vivaldi Social panel, but it is easy to add any Mastodon server into a panel as well. Try it out!
I'd like the option to import another instance to the #VivaldiBrowser, although the current implementation is apparently just a standard sidebar page.
Hopefully they'll include an actual client in the browser like they've done with mail and calendar. Considering the various software implementations of #ActivityPub that could be challenging.
There seems to be a security concern by Vivaldi that flatpak might break chromium sandboxing according to this comment from one of their staff, although he does admit that he’s not a expert in the matter....
Using things like Vivaldi's tracker blocker will make it harder to for those with ill intentions to recognise you and build up a profile of your activities.
I live my life this way, nobody tracks me, as I always blend right in! 🤔
That is why my unicycle has parts from multiple manufactures, because I am too unique to ride a generic #unicycle.
Oh and with its advanced themeing and wide range of settings #VivaldiBrowser is also pretty damn good at allowing you to have your browser just as you like it as well. 😘
Opinion: #Vivaldi#VivaldiBrowser needs stricter #Privacy . If they are really all about privacy then they should have test results similar to Brave (https://privacytests.org/nightly.html). I understand they they say that “they only block known trackers” or whatever but seriously, if you really want good privacy why not just block everything?
Linux Flatpak support (forum.vivaldi.net)
There seems to be a security concern by Vivaldi that flatpak might break chromium sandboxing according to this comment from one of their staff, although he does admit that he’s not a expert in the matter....