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The new extended character limitation in VS is great, but that doesn't mean the #blogging era is over! 🙅 (social.vivaldi.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The new extended character limitation in VS is great, but that doesn't mean the #blogging era is over! 🙅

Our #ad-free blogging platform has recently been updated to the latest @wordpress , which comes bearing gifts! 🎁

Did you know you can share your #blogs to the #Fediverse as well?

Explore all the features and get #writing!👇

https://vivaldi.com/blog/power-up-your-blogging-skills-vivaldi-community-blogs/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@Vivaldi @wordpress Mh,

How do you finance your operation? And why not #opensource it for public #audit?

I like your #browser but in 2023 a non-open browser is a no-no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

@chris @Vivaldi @wordpress Regarding how they finance themselves, you can read about their business model: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-business-model/

As for why they're not open source, you can read about that here: https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@chris @Vivaldi @wordpress Their excuse to keep their UI close-sourced is the reason I don't use it. They don't want anyone to fork and benefit from it, while they have no problems forking and benefiting from other open source projects 🤦‍♂️🙄

"other parties could take the code and build an equivalent browser (essentially a fork) more easily."

They should have used AGPL to force others to contribute. They would get more users looking for an open-source alternative to Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

@viktor @Vivaldi @wordpress That doesn't make sense. They even agree that 90% of their code is taken from open source projects, ie, other peoples time. But the 10% is now supremely special. Rules don't apply. They make money from only the 10% and not the 90% they took.

And a browser that injects referrals into my stuff, well, I am too old school for this to call this cool.