Jon S. von Tetzchner

In April 1994 I started working on the Opera browser with Geir Iversøy, my co-founder. I worked at Opera for 17 years, leaving it after disagreeing with investors about the way forward. Two years later I co-founded @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net with Tatsuki Tomita and Anne Stavnes. This was in 2013.

For more than 30 years we have provided alternatives to Big Tech. First with Opera and now with Vivaldi. The focus has always been quite different from our competitors. More features, more privacy, more flexibility. Lately it has also meant the choice to avoid things like Crypto and Blockchain, avoid integrating AI and avoid integrating surveillance. This is not given. Most of our competitors are building in one or more of the above.

If you like what we are doing and our stand, feel free to download Vivaldi. If you are already with us, please tell your friends.

#Vivaldi #EU #Europa #Technology #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #IOS #Automotive #Computer

During my survey of whether LLMs were right when they say that Microsoft has changed and is no longer an Evil Empire, 1% said they had changed and a few attacked my survey.

The survey was really about asking people in the know, because I believe there are more knowledgeable people here about things Tech, then in most other places.

Anyways, for those of you that think the Microsoft has changed, how do you defend this?

• Windows Recall.
• Setting Edge as default when updating Windows.
• Edge cloning history from your default browser continuously.
• Requiring online login to set up Windows.
• Pushing Onedrive to the extent that people use it without realizing it, meaning they upload data without knowing it.
• User profiling on Windows for ad purposes.

This is just a small subset of what I believe they are doing which is IMHO wrong.

Does Microsoft investing in Open Source mean that everything else they do is OK or is their investment just similar to what they did with the original Embrace, Extend, Extinguish?

BTW, I remember having exactly the same discussion then about whether Microsoft had changed as some people believed they had. It just took them a while to realize that there were multiple steps to the strategy.

#Windows #Linux #Microsoft #Technology

New @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net release on mobile. Finally we have 2 level tab stacks on iOS and we are putting significant efforts into desktop mode on Android. I am very excited about that. The idea that you can just connect your phone to a dock with keyboard, screen and mouse and have a fully working computer is great! Not just a mirror, but a full desktop environment. This has been around for a while on Samsung phones through DEX, but is now coming to Android in general and we see this as an interesting challenge to bring a true desktop experience to this environment. Obviously having things like tabs, tab stacks and panels gives us a head start, but we will continue to work on this.

#Android #ios #Technology #Computing

https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-9/

This is exciting. 1500 km range on an EV is just what we need at this time. We need to move off oil ASAP. Obviously ranges of 500 km are not bad either, but this is better.

#EV #Automotive #Technology

https://www.ft.com/content/1773de37-2595-4d9f-9536-dbe03ff1f8d3?syn-25a6b1a6=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawRWKXBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlTUdzZzJYcDREeVNKempic3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHu8UZ_znWMz489RzKEtqqsmiDbVOfXqGKv5h6QxSTFiK4lwMfGKdL5mWEKuO_aem_jfT7ZvuVRZZi6bl-eer2fQ