So I installed Vivaldi to use Netflix for Stranger Things 5, and holy crap. It’s like the KDE of browsers in terms of appearance and configurability.

It’s such a shame that it’s partly proprietary. But I don’t know. It’s tempting for me to be open-minded about using it.

• 92% of the code base is open source from Chromium.
• 3% is open source from Vivaldi.
• 5% is proprietary from Vivaldi, which is mostly the UI stuff.

They’ve also made a public commitment to not integrating AI into their browser. This gives them points for trustworthiness and putting the user above AI hype and profit.

So… I’m not usually in the habit of giving hot takes on software, but I’m kind of thinking that despite its 5% proprietary code, and in light of Mozilla’s terribleness lately, it’s ethically and technically superior to Firefox.