If only they kept to their original promise of supporting uBlock Origin indefinitely (they later switch their position to only support all v2 extensions until June 2025 using ExtensionManifestV2Availability flag) . It's mandatory in today's internet and without it Vivaldi browser is a non-starter no matter how many other good features they have or positive stances they take.
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
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Ublock lite is very lite compared to the original. Even using every filter option it still misses quite a bit. I’ll stick with Firefox.
LibreWolf crew ;p
LibreWolf for Liiife (ironfox is cool imho tho)
Good crew!
On Vivaldi, I only use the built in filtering. Is that not good enough? I’m able to block everything I was using ublock origin for. I also block ads at the DNS level.
It can block some ads/trackers, but it's very limited in what it can do. It also lacks all other privacy-preserving features that uBlock Origin offers.
Last time I used Vivaldi (early 2025), with the same blocklists setup, it only blocked ~40% of what uBlock Origin did.
Still chrome.