Me vs Samsung’s bloatware updates
Browsers have important security updates so it’s always a good idea to keep them up to date.
Agree, in Vivaldi there are a lot of security updates, but one thing are security updates, bug fixes or even browser updates in general and way different from updates where are appearing things and AIs which nobody wanted or requested. This is a no-go. In Vivaldi new features are which where requested by the users and first released as soprano preview or snapshot versions, before there is an stable release. There are no surprises.
Thats how Gemini got shoved into my system
No. That’s the brainwashing talking. By keeping you scared about your security, all browser developers keep you under their complete control. And with that they impose their views on what your browser should look like/behave like. But most of the time they simply remove or change options - some are visibly removed/changed, others are either hidden or in about:config and are locked, so that you can’t use them or are just rendered inoperable. Security updates are just the excuse to impose their will on you. I had it enough of Mozilla’s constant chopping the browser off, so I moved to Waterfox which brings back all options Mozilla ever removed and then some. But by the time you remember that the browser is supposed to serve you, not the other way around, it will be too late.
- Software has bugs.
- Bugs which interface with and execute untrusted code are high risk.
- Browsers are obscenely large pieces of software, which connect a user’s system with random websites which execute JavaScript.
Browsers are one of the most important things to update on your computer.
We can talk about whether browsers should be as complicated as they are, but implying security updates are a intended as a vector of control is conspiricist thinking.
The reason you don’t get security updates backported to your older release of choice is simple: it is so much work.
Waterfox seems like a good choice, just don’t go around thinking that companies are making security updates in order to sneak in unwanted, they make security updates because they are terrified of being responsible for a major incident.
In Vivaldi updates always wanted by the user.
