Jon S. von Tetzchner
Jon S. von Tetzchner  ·  17 hours ago
If you want to contribute to Vivaldi, you can do that in a number of ways:

1. Share with your friends. Help us grow.
2. Utilize the included search partners, with which we have deals. Startpage, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Ecosia and Yahoo. We do not have deals with Microsoft and Google, unlike our competitors.
3. Use our included bookmarks and direct match partners.
4. Donate.

We are fighting with Big Tech and they want us gone. You can make a difference.

#Vivaldi #browser#Windows#Macos#Linux#Android #ios

Dino
Dino  ·  last month
@pluralistic Wanted to thank you for writing about this ( #pixel specific inaccuracies from cybernews aside). I meant to circle back to alternative #Android phone OSs for a while and this kicked me to try #GrapheneOS Love it, going to switch over to this for-real soon and also work on de-Googling contacts, calendar, file sharing.
No need to wait for a new phone, people, do it!
Thanks @GrapheneOS for the work you do!
Jon S. von Tetzchner
Jon S. von Tetzchner  ·  last month
If you have a new vehicle running Android Automotive, it is quite likely that @Vivaldi is available for it.

- Polestar
- Volvo
- Renault
- Mercedes
- Audi
- Porsche
- Ford
- Lincoln
- Link & Co

These are some of the brands that have at least some vehicles that can run Vivaldi. There are a lot more brands and vehicles coming!

Do you have such a vehicle? Installed Vivaldi yet?

https://vivaldi.com/android/automotive/

#Vivaldi #browser#Android

Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow  ·  last month

Long thread/14

A new report from Cybernews reveals just how much data the next generation Pixel 9 phones collect and transmit to Google, without any user intervention, and in defiance of the owner's express preferences to the contrary:

https://cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/

The Pixel 9 phones home *every 15 minutes*, even when it's not in use, sharing "location, email address, phone number, network status, and other telemetry."

14/

Marcel Waldvogel
Marcel Waldvogel  ·  last month
According to @GrapheneOS people, which are very knowledgeable in this area (as the goal of their free Android OS replacement is to keep Google at bay and maximizing security/privacy), the #Cybernews report on #Pixel9 is incorrect: What Cybernews reports is the behavior you get on any #Android phone, if you answer the setup questions to maximize data leakage.

Switching to other Android ohone manufacturers only increases your problems.
@pluralistic
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113276070397057417

Jon S. von Tetzchner
Jon S. von Tetzchner  ·  last month
I know a lot of you use @Vivaldi and would like to help us grow. Here are a few things you can do to help us. Thank you for your support!

1. Recommend @Vivaldi to your friends. Help them install and setup. Show them the features you think they would most like.

2. Follow @Vivaldi here and on other social networks you frequent.

3. Boost articles by @Vivaldi which have a broader appeal here and on other social networks.

4. Invite your friends to join Vivaldi Social. Support the Fediverse.

5. Donate. Many of you asked for it and now you can.

Have a great day!

#Vivaldi#Windows#Mac#Linux#Android#iOS #fediverse#Mastodon

Jon S. von Tetzchner
Jon S. von Tetzchner  ·  last month
At @Vivaldi , we make browsers. Powerful browsers, with more functionality than others, but still browsers.

What we are not is:
1. An OS company.
2. A search company.
3. An ad company.
4. An AI company.

None of our major competitors can really say the same. We focus on doing one thing really well.

If you like that, give us a try! If you are already with us, please share with your friends!

#Vivaldi#Windows#Mac#Linux#Android#Ios#AI