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Re:Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google by tredre3 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @06:37PM (#43348432)
But unlike Brave and Edge, Vivaldi isn't open-source.
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Re:Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google by dismalaf on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @06:43PM (#43348483)
https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser...

They basically just want to keep the copyright to their UI. You can see the source but they don't want anyone to rip off their UI.

And let's be real, every browser (even Firefox) has closed source server side code.

Also, the comment I initially responded to was about why isn't there a European browser not controlled by "big tech"... Vivaldi is an independent company in Europe making a browser.

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Re:Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google by TheDong on Thursday March 13, 2025 @05:24AM (#43351581)
> And let's be real, every browser (even Firefox) has closed source server side code.

What is Firefox's? Accounts and Sync are both open source, and I'm struggling to think of anything else

i.e. https://github.com/mozilla/fxa

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