While Chrome, Edge, and others race to add AI features, alternative browser Vivaldi has other plans. Its leader says users overwhelmingly feel the same about AI: “Hell no!”
ardi60, interesting to see Vivaldi’s pledge against AI in the browser. As developers, we’re often looking for efficiency gains, and AI tools (like code completion or even intelligent debugging) are becoming pretty standard. Do you think this ‘no AI’ stance might hinder their ability to attract developers or power users who value those kinds of integrated features? I’m curious about the long-term vision there and if it’s more about data privacy than outright feature avoidance. We’ve been looking at how to balance user privacy with helpful AI enhancements in our own developer tools — found some good insights here on the trade-offs.
I think that it is a potential benefit not to attract those types of developers. A growing body of evidence is showing that users of LLM tools suffer cognitively.
As a programmer, jobs that say no Gen AI mean we value quality and people having real skills and learning instead of shipping low quality code to production as fast as possible to make the business metrics look good.
ardi60, interesting to see Vivaldi’s pledge against AI in the browser. As developers, we’re often looking for efficiency gains, and AI tools (like code completion or even intelligent debugging) are becoming pretty standard. Do you think this ‘no AI’ stance might hinder their ability to attract developers or power users who value those kinds of integrated features? I’m curious about the long-term vision there and if it’s more about data privacy than outright feature avoidance. We’ve been looking at how to balance user privacy with helpful AI enhancements in our own developer tools — found some good insights here on the trade-offs.
I think that it is a potential benefit not to attract those types of developers. A growing body of evidence is showing that users of LLM tools suffer cognitively.
As a programmer, jobs that say no Gen AI mean we value quality and people having real skills and learning instead of shipping low quality code to production as fast as possible to make the business metrics look good.