• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    Nah, Vivaldi still has a much better anti-ai stance. Runs faster and still loads uBlock. This will likely change soon, but I’m not rushing to Firefox until I need to. Firefox is funded by Google anyway.

    • tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Firefox is funded by Google anyway.

      That sounds like Firefox only exists because Google/Alphabet pays for it.

      In reality Firefox/Mozilla have made a deal to make Google the default search engine on the default home page.

      That would be a pretty stupid business decision to not have free money, what are they gonna do? Have Bing as the default search engine?

      • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 hours ago

        Firefox could develop (or pay for someone else to develop) a search engine that doesn’t require google or bing’s search indexes.

      • Zarobi@aussie.zone
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        8 hours ago

        Firefox does only exist because Google pays for it. Google is Mozilla’s single greatest financial contributor. They’re essentially keeping a competitor on life support to avoid breaching antitrust laws. Essentially, the argument is that as long as Firefox exists, Google isn’t a monopoly.

        However, at any time, Google could simply stop paying, and Firefox would quickly die. Laws change.

    • inari@piefed.zipOP
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      11 hours ago

      Vivaldi is:

      1. Chromium-based and thus funded by Google
      2. Proprietary, meaning any claims about what it’s doing under the hood are unprovable