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Taggart Sep 18, 2025

Yet another reason to stop using Chrome: Gemini is coming right into the browser, including the address bar ("Omni bar") by default. These features are computationally expensive at scale, privacy-destroying, and just plain annoying.

https://blog.google/products/chrome/chrome-reimagined-with-ai/

Chrome: The browser you love, reimagined with AI

Google is taking the next step in its journey to make your browser smarter with new AI integrations.

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Taggart Sep 18, 2025

I continue to be a happy @Vivaldi user, and this is a big reason why: they've committed to keeping generative AI out of the browser. https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/

Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human | Vivaldi Browser

Browsing should push you to explore, chase ideas, and make your own decisions. It should light up your brain. Vivaldi is taking a stand. We choose humans over hype, and we will not turn the joy of…

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Neil Craig

@mttaggart @Vivaldi Same and same. Slightly sad times moving away from Firefox having used it since v0.3 but their stance on AI pushed me to Vivaldi and despite some irritating bugs, I'm pretty happy.