101@feddit.org to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 hours agoI guess some browsers are "building a better Internet" more than others.feddit.orgimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1imageI guess some browsers are "building a better Internet" more than others.feddit.org101@feddit.org to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 hours agothe browser itself seems to not be open source
minus-squarestinerman [Ohio]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 hours agoYeah I read a blog post about why it isn’t and the answer was pretty bog-standard answers for why anything is closed-source: “if we make these cool customizations open, then anyone could take it and make a competing product.” https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/
minus-squareTriflingToad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours ago*says while using open source engine
the browser itself seems to not be open source
Yeah I read a blog post about why it isn’t and the answer was pretty bog-standard answers for why anything is closed-source: “if we make these cool customizations open, then anyone could take it and make a competing product.”
https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/
*says while using open source engine