[bityard]

I switched to Vivaldi (based on Chrome) from Firefox a few months back and am reasonably happy with it. I get far more control over my browsing experience than with Firefox, which keeps removing features that I actually liked and used.

I used Firefox for a long time, starting way back when it was brand-new and IE was the leading browser. I continued using it because they were innovating heavily in the browser space. After they stopped innovating, I kept using it because although Chrome was impressive and fast, they kept nagging you about logging into Google. Now, based on the fact that Mozilla basically seems to just do whatever Chrome does these days, combined with the unnecessary and infuriating UX redesigns, Firefox has no obvious advantages and quite a few drawbacks.

I don't love the fact that Vivaldi is closed-source and based on Chromium but at least I feel like I'm in the driver's seat while I'm using it.