▲ -5 ▼ Apple, Kagi, Duolingo, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc Browser, Netflix, Steam, and Spotify are great examples of companies that have a masochistic users. (lemy.lol) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by King@lemy.lol to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments Those companies do not respect their users and yet most of their users enjoy their disrespect.
[–] King@lemy.lol [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Librewolf, Floorp, Mercury Browser, Mullvad Browser,Tor browser, Ungoogled chromium, Thorium, Falkon, Seamonkey, Ghostery Browser? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Almost all of those are developed part time as hobby or side projects. They aren't built on the same scale as other commercial browsers, and a few of them aren't even trying to. Also, these are all browsers that are deliberately privacy focused, and are made towards a different audience than Vivaldi. Not to mention that advertising isn't always inherently privacy invasive. It's just intrusive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] King@lemy.lol [S] 2 points 2 years ago Who said that people ‘need’ to use a commercial browser? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Almost all of those are developed part time as hobby or side projects. They aren't built on the same scale as other commercial browsers, and a few of them aren't even trying to. Also, these are all browsers that are deliberately privacy focused, and are made towards a different audience than Vivaldi. Not to mention that advertising isn't always inherently privacy invasive. It's just intrusive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] King@lemy.lol [S] 2 points 2 years ago Who said that people ‘need’ to use a commercial browser? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] King@lemy.lol [S] 2 points 2 years ago Who said that people ‘need’ to use a commercial browser? permalink fedilink source parent