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having issues with Vivaldi stuttering
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Vivaldi is proprietary, FYI.
Many people are not activists like Richard Stallman. Perhaps it's better to run libre software, but it's perfectly reasonable to also run proprietary software.
For example, I switched to Linux when I could run proprietary games on Proton.
Agreed. I'd say that, if you have the option, then the libre option is the one you should pick whenever you can. But, realistically, software is a hammer, and you should pick the hammer that does what you want, and ignore the internet hollering that you're somehow impure if you use even a single piece of proprietary software.
It's the best of the Chromium-based browsers, but closed-source is a shame. I wish Firefox would copy some of Vivaldi's UI ideas.
Firefox with Vivaldi's tab management would be unstoppable
Man yeah I'd love that so much.
So? Vivaldi is FAR superior to any other browser, even Chrome engine base ones. With the amount of customization, privacy and full Chrome plug in ecosystem support, being close source is hardly relevant.
It’s possible to argue the code not being available, very much makes it relevant around the “Privacy” topic.