Vivaldi is a no-go for me due to these two reasons:
1- Chromium based 2- Does not respect the "open-source spirit"
this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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As Brave??? https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/ haha
Just use Firefox with the right addons, if you still insist on chromium then take a look to https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
firefox is unuseable for me, it uses way too much ram compared to chromium browsers which have much better resource managmeent
As far as I know, Chrome uses much more RAM than Firefox. Look for benchmark, Firefox keep using less RAM and being fast as Chrome, some builds even faster on the brenchmarks I read.
edit: typo
Even Vivaldi has started saying certain plugins may not work in the future because they don't abide by Google's best practices.
My biggest problem with Firefox is Google meet does not work well with it in Linux. It can take me over a minute to coax the video to work and some builds the audio just never works. A lot of other stuff I use works slow or just poorly in Firefox. I need OWA and PWA's to work, keeping all of my work things together is just a really big hassle.
I primary Librerwolf, and slip over to Vivaldi or Brave when I have to have something that's google-ish. Each of the three are loaded down with the plugins that I use regularly and bookmarks are kept synced.
which system are you on?
Using ublock is probably making you much more unique.
how come
Anything you change on a browser like installing extensions makes your fingerprint change and be more unique. Especially on a browser like Vivaldi that is not doing much anti-fingerprinting as far as I know.
Librewolf is a good option if you want more privacy and don't want to use brave.
vivaldi would be the best browser for me (too and im boycotting too, im euro) but in there is so much shit i dont need. i have given up on firefox and its forks after 13 years...
both are chromium, so idk how they can be as fast as brave with a browser so full of "features" and less developers.
what browser are u using atm? vivaldi does feel wayyy to bloated
i have vivaldi, ungoogled chromium, falkon, ecosia browser and brave installed. i dont know yet which my favourite is. :)