What I find odd is why would someone open source a large portion of their software and leave a small part closed. It seems like (and correct me if I’m wrong) the proprietary parts are integral to Vivaldi.
Many chromium and gecko based browsers (bromite, librefox, fennec…etc.) seem to be thriving, so I don’t quite understand how this could be the doom of Vivaldi.
I’m only inquiring, not hating. But I agree that open source software doesn’t make it automatically privacy friendly and some proprietary projects have way better privacy practices. But in general, when the source code is open to be dissected and checked, this would make the user 100% sure about what they’re utilizing.
For instance, I used firefox in the past and the amount of embedded telemetry is insane. However, being open source, many telemetry-free forks have emerged which removes the fear of vulnerability.
I think what gives them authenticity isn’t the poverty, but rather the fact that globalization didn’t (fully) reach them yet. This feeling then can be replicated in richer countries by visiting the countryside or spend your time in the ancient monuments instead of resorts and hotels in the midst of the modern, consumerist society.
Actually, they are distinct. According to Saskia Sassen, in her “Marxism And Globalization”, contemporary globalization is “centered in the power of vertically integrated international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the financial and trading interdependencies they manage and govern.” This is different from the globality “constituted through recurrence and horizontality”, i.e. separate national proletarian revolts against their Nations’s bourgeoisie, basically Marxist internationalism.
Well as you can see, the flags aren’t inherently bad. On the contrary, they should enhance your privacy in theory. However, they are sort of double edged sword because you have to take into consideration fingerprinting. Your goal is to blend in with a group of people, regardless of this group’s privacy practices. To get the benefits of those flags and avoid fingerprinting at the same time, you could use Chromium Browsers that are configured by default. For instance, a lot of the flags you mentioned are enabled by default on Bromite. In practice, you will be blending in with other Bromite users.
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Ahh that makes sense. Alright thank you.