I am tempted to start using the [@Vivaldi](https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi) browser but then I looked\* at the diversity in the underlying technology and I think it is better to promote and start : firefox

[–] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vivaldi is not fully open-source

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

it's source-available

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Your moms source available.

(Sorry... I'm feeling goofy today)

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Firefox + uBlock Origin is the only thing that makes mobile browsing tolerable. Ads are so bad, and web design so poor, that even if you're someone who is usually ok with advertising you'll often find that sites are literally broken if you allow them to render.

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[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Safari isn't open source but there's Gnome Web.
It's built on the open source WebKit engine.
also yeah you made a mistake there. webkit is in fact foss.

[+] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 years ago

Avoid proprietary software.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

were opera is open source lmao

most of that list is not opensource, only firefox, everything has just chromium as opensource, what don't change anything because the company can put the same crappy on top of chromium

[–] JulyTheMonth@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I mean the list never said that the browser is opensource. The opensource column is for the respective technology to the left of it. So it describes if the js and browser engines are opensource.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Google Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi are not open source. Chromium is open source but all those browsers add additional proprietary functionality on top.

Edit: I read the table wrong. The open source columns seem to be about their left column. Still, I find the table to be misleading. Especially since almost all browsers use an open source engine, except Safari. Imo it's more important whether the actual browser is open source. Which boils down to Firefox and Tor and Brave as far as I know.