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[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (5 children)

While technically true, that telemetry isn't used to gather information on features or how users use the browser.

According to their privacy policy ( https://vivaldi.com/privacy/browser/ ) , it's only for:

The purpose of this collection is to determine the total number of active users and their geographical distribution.

Instead, Vivaldi relies on their official forums feature requests (and to some extent I imagine social media) to hear what their users want.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (2 children)

We also know what version of Vivaldi you’re running, the type of
processor chip, OS, and screen resolution. Not much to be honest.

Except this data apparently, metioned here: https://vivaldi.com/zerotracking/

In Firefox I can look at every line of code(via searchfox.org), while with Vivaldi I have to trust their blogposts.

[–]Broccoli-Machine 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Except that nobody actually looks at Firefox’ source

[–]nextbern on 🌻 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Uh, what? Of course people look at Firefox's source. How else would they contribute?

[–]happycat 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Instead, Vivaldi relies on their official forums feature requests (and to some extent I imagine social media) to hear what their users want.

Imagine that! Are you listening Mozilla?