It’s not like Firefox doesn’t collect user data at all. Vivaldi is hard to seriously fault in that area.

Unfortunately, Firefox lacks some features that make it a little clumsy at times. But for general use it is great. I keep it installed and use it almost every day because I believe in the browser engine and the need for diversity in that area. It’s just not for every need. At least not for me. That’s where Vivaldi and Edge have to help.

I’d venture out there and say Vivaldi in functionality and customisation.

Privacy probably not, though Vivaldi does quite well.

Sadly it’s a Chromium browser.

Edit: a simple comparison.

Chromium - and thus Google - dominates the Internet way too much. This causes trouble and has the potential to cause a lot more trouble in the future.

This has been discussed many times before, of course.

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” - Carl Sagan (in No Man’s Sky)

“Sometimes people make choices that leave them alone.” - Bastion

“The Old Ones perished because they didn’t embrace change.” - Aratak, Horizon Zero Dawn

Where’s that from?

Fantastic. Whoever wrote this had an inspired day.

I feel such a sentiment can be misguided, because it can lead someone to be utterly discontent.

Applied properly with perspective, it can lead to discoveries about oneself, of course.

“A man chooses, a slave obeys.” — BioShock

From Andrew Ryan, the founder of Rapture, the underwater utopia gone wrong in BioShock. This is Ryan’s philosophy valuing individual freedom and rationality over collectivism and morality. I can never decide whether I agree with this or not. There’s truth in it, but it can be misguided and extreme as well.

highly anticipated Windows 12

Microsoft wants to make the taskbar appear to float above the desktop by separating it from the desktop and rounding off the corners

Who gets excited about that!?

Plus, all the (always online, storing everything we say, type and look at) AI features should be looked at critically and not with high anticipation.

Awesome! Next best thing until we have nomadic accounts.

Who wants this? 🤔🤷‍♂️

For a public spokesperson, this is such a hostile and condescending response:

Asked if Reddit could confirm the reinstatement, Rathschmidt declined, saying, “I’m not going to set a precedent of confirming with The Verge every action we do or don’t take to ensure users can access their communities.”

I love the way I would keep my stuff safe:

Now you just need to disperse the horcruxes around the house on various USBs or online locations and hope you can recall where they all are!

AIMP for all your music needs.

There’s even a mobile version.

I see what you did there. Keep doing this here an you will prosper. 🖖

It will and has. For example, lemmy.ml and lemmy.world have already upgraded their hardware tremendously. Am sure others have and will do the same.

For me it has already become much smoother.

Prove:

• lemmy.ml
• lemmy.world

Edit: added the links