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No web browser offers a good out of the box experience.
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You should REALLY try Vivaldi.
Best browser for desktop and mobile. Privacy respecting and great onboarding, plus very versatile and powerful if you want that.
Or keep it simple. They let you choose.
https://vivaldi.com/
Yep, also they don't integrate Pocket in the browser, they just have a built-in ~~email client, note-taking software, RSS reader, calendar~~ bloat. Also, Vivaldi is based on chromium (as such subsribed to all Google's bullshit), and uses Chrome extension store.
Honestly, OP, just stick to Librewolf, it's privacy-respecting and actually open-source, pocket's disabled, UBo's preinstalled.
You literally get a button when you first install it asking whether you want these things. One click and they're disabled. Also OP post is about privacy not bloat and these features will only improve your privacy over using some webmail.
All google stuff is either removed or toggleable from settings.
What's wrong with that? It's a good deal larger than mozilla's
OP is concerned about Pocket integration too, so I assumed they may not like it.
Does their built-in mail support any good encryption? The last time I used Vivaldi a mail feature wasn't really that private. Also, using dedicated email client like claws or mutt is even better from privacy perspective.
They can't remove Manifest V3 though.
Yes, and it's under Google's control. And, again when I used it last time, you need to enable some google stuff to install extensions from the store.
Not sure about the encryption tbh. I've never used any mail service that properly supported it so haven't tried.
Any reason why, aside from encryption?
That's why they have a built in adblocker.
Basically, you don't want everything be dependant on a central authority - this is a single point of failure. If there's a big security vulnerability in your web browser, but you use a standalone mail client, your mails are most probably safe.
This also adds up to built-in adblocker - who knows if Vivaldi devs will ever go evil and sneak in exceptions in their adblocker? Or if they will sell their web browser, just like their CEO done so with his previous browser, Opera.
Web browsers handle the most sensitive information about a user, so I would never trust a proprietary browser.
Most of Vivaldi is already open source. The only parts that aren't are the front end. And that part is apparently just minified JavaScript
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