Sean Purcell (he/him)
VivaldiOfficial statement regarding the EU's first DMA antitrust fines.
The Yangsi Michael Dillon
Amber (KittyGPT6.9)@anantagd yea i just ocr'd and ensured it was accurate. hate when alt text summarizes the text
RE: https://transfem.social/notes/a6xp71hbgueh7p3l
RE: https://transfem.social/notes/a6xp71hbgueh7p3l
Amber (KittyGPT6.9) (@puppygirlhornypost2)
For blind folk actually wanting to read the document instead of a shitty summary: Official statement regarding the EU's first DMA antitrust fines It is positive that the EC is following up the DMA. The fines are derisory when put in the context of Apple and Metas' revenues and profits. But to be frank, the fines are not the main story. When it comes to Meta, we have long argued that the surveillance-based business models should be banned. There is no reason why any company should be allowed to analyze its users and sell access to them based on that information. This gets particularly ugly when it comes to political marketing. Why any company is allowed to operate in a way that would horrify anyone if done by their government, continues to puzzle us. We are glad to see the EC continues to push Apple to allow distribution from other sources, as well as payments outside of Apple's walled gardens. Worse is the end of the investigation into iOS browser choice screens. We are disappointed that the commission will not follow up on having a fully working choice screen. The idea that the choice screen is shown when clicking the Safari icon makes the choice screen less effective. Our clear stance is that the choice screen should be shown when setting up or updating the OS for a better user experience. We are also disappointed that Apple is allowed to continue to hide browsers, like Vivaldi, from the choice screen in major countries, often prioritizing non-consumer browsers rather than general-purpose, cross-OS competitors. It is unfortunate for users that the only full-fledged European browser alternative is not shown as an option in many European countries. Lastly, we have noted Meta's response today. They want to make this about the US vs. Europe, while in reality, this is about Big Tech vs the world. They try to polarize the debate and take focus away from what's really important. Big Tech should not be building profiles on users and selling access to them to the highest bidder. Jon von Tetzchner, CEO and Co-founder CD VIVALDI RN: Official statement regarding the EU's first DMA antitrust fines. (๐1)
@puppygirlhornypost2 thank you! All the while, the social media folks at vivaldi just had to cut and paste an existing text into the alttext box, but chose instead to spend time doing a lame summary and using that.
Quinn9282 ๐ฅ๏ธ๐โ๏ธ@anantagd @puppygirlhornypost2 They technically couldn't have done it easily in one post in this case because Mastodon only lets you have up to 1500 characters for an image description, and the image text has around 2000. Of course, they absolutely could have pasted the remaining alt text that didn't fit within the character limitations of Mastodon in separate replies as needed, but whoever posted this unfortunately doesn't seem to know any better...
Marcus Aurelius 
@mafm7956 @Vivaldi I vomited on the screen and felt your message with my sensitive blind fingers. Can I enlighten you about screen readers, esteemed Sighted one? https://www.afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/using-technology/assistive-technology-products/screen-readers
@anantagd Oh you have sensitive fingers... Sorry
DoctorG โ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐@Vivaldi Where is the text?
I am not blind, but have bad eyes. ๐
David Fleetwood - RG Admin@Vivaldi Open source your browser please.
Sรธren Ladegaard@sorenladegaard @Vivaldi Sure, but that's not open source. I don't know their exact revenue model but increasingly ti seems to be in deals like search defaults and services like Proton VPN. That implies that they should consider shifting to being fully open source.
Regardless, I can't trust or recommend it until it is, despite how much I like it.
@sorenladegaard @Vivaldi I'm not complaining about the revenue streams. I am saying it needs to be fully open source. Their revenue does not seem to depend on selling the browser, it's free to download. So why hide the code?
Maybe youโll find interesting:
https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/
@sorenladegaard @Vivaldi I've read it before, and yes, every closed source company has to consider these things before opening up.
Looking at Mozilla, however, proves that even a badly run project can be very successful financially, imagine if a competent one like Vivaldi was open.
Again, they are welcome to their reasons, and it is their code to do with as they wish, but I mention this repeatedly because I want to recommend them and I cannot. The tech industry has lost all trust.
Arina@reflex @Vivaldi Removing spyware[1] would also help.
[1] - https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/: "When you install Vivaldi browser (โVivaldiโ), each installation profile is assigned a unique user ID that is stored on your device. Vivaldi will send a message using HTTPS directly to our servers located in Iceland every 24 hours containing this ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution and time since last message."
Humberto Fraga 
@Vivaldi is Vivaldi a real browser or is it Chromium-based?
ThePfromtheO@humbertofraga @Vivaldi
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Fleur Chrysaliz@humbertofraga @Vivaldi kio realo retumilo rimedoj? Vivaldi bazas en Chromium, vi konas tiun fakto.
@FleurC la Chromium projekto iฤas falsa normo pri kiel retumiloj devus funkcii, kondukante al monopolo de tiu ฤi motoro, en situacio simila al Interreto Explorer en la fruaj 2000-aj jaroj.
@Vivaldi Vivaldi browser does not inspire any confidence. Why?
Q: What is the purpose of a web browser?
A: Browse the internet. This has browser, mail client, etc... No, i just want to do web browsing.
Q: Why are there so many testimonials in the website?
A: Don't know and i think if it was good the word would be spread. No need for testimonials. Red flag: deceptive marketing for noobs.
Q: Why isn't Vivaldi fully open source?
A: Well, only God knows and this is a huge flag for me.
Q: Are there any safe browsers which respect your privacy?
A: No and these will never exist.