How we built Vivaldi for Android
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There are many different Open Source licenses and because of its great functionality, Vivaldi cannot be under a single license.I also always prefer open source applications (Vivaldi is, but not completely free) but it does not obsess me that it is necessarily, sometimes a proprietary application does not have a valid FOSS alternative.I think that many times the philosophy of the company behind the product matters, whether FOSS or not.
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@Xypher Thank you very much for your good guidance. I could successfully do this on my Nokia 5 with Android 9. Now I don't see any more ads in Vivaldi Beta Android :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:
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@derday: Yeah, I used Blokada for while. Disabled it for now since It's interfering with some of my apps. I might use it again after I resolve some issues on my device.
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@altean: The official app serve ads through a secure protocol so blockers can't really block ads on it. There are YouTube alternative apps that does though. I won't mention them but you can google it if you want.
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@xypher: After some testing the DNS resolver still works even when Async DNS is on 'Default' or Enabled. Also, you could also try changing just your DNS resolvers under your WiFi settings using the addresses 176.103.130.130 or 176.103.130.131 but this only applies when you're connected to WiFi. If you want AdGuard to cover Mobile Data then you need to use my tip above. OR you could use Blokada like @derDay mentioned.
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@xypher: Found out this is an intended behavior by Google for mobile browsers. Thanks Vivaldi Team!
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@mattsolo45: You seem to be out of the loop. Vivaldi has their own ad blocking feature but only for ABUSIVE ads https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-blocks-abusive-ads-improves-profile-management-and-more/.
They also explained very clearly why they don't add an actual adblocking system on the browser. https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-browser-blocks-abusive-ads-improves-profile-management-and-more/
I hope that answers your questions. Lastly, the mobile browser is still in beta. I'm sure you're aware of that. Anything can change, added, or removed. And even if it's out of beta that does not mean they won't add new things going forward.
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@Xypher
Hi and thanks, Blockada working fine so far.Cheers, mib
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@topha: We even added it to the download page now with tips on how to stay up to date
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@xypher: Thank you for pointing me in the direction of Adguard, playing around with the application on android now - HTTPS Decryption interesting although not 100% comfortable with Adguard MiTM my traffic..
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@thomas-griffiths: No problem. FWIW, they do open-source their mobile apps and the browser extension so you can take a peek at the code. But yeah, right now this is just my band-aid solution for ad blocking. I usually use either Cloudflare or Quad9 resolvers which supports both DoH and DoT and just use uMatrix or vanilla uBlock for ads and script blocking since I want that control.
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@carlonike: Anyone concerned with privacy would update past KitKat. It's soon to be 5 years old. Nokia has many great cheap phones with Android One. Buy one now and you'll have Android 10 before the end of the year.
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Hi, that is great news! But, like many others here, I use an ungoogled phone. I don't have the google play store. ALTERNATIVE: Could you please set up your own repository for FDroid? That's an alternative store for open source apps. It also allows to use additional repositories, configured by it's users! That way you can keep your users updated without google.
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@swg You can download directly the mobile version here:
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@hlehyaric: I know, but thank you. That doesn't solve the issue of missing updates. The user has to take care of it. Most users don't do it.
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@ruario: What do you think about setting up your own FDroid repository? Users can add the your repository to their FDroid app. So you can keep them updated. You did it for your linux version for apt (Ubuntu, Debian...). Why not for Android using FDroid?
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I also think F-Droid would be great.
It's important to take power away from Google and the first step is to make people aware that there are other sources than the playstore.
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Vivaldi can't be included in F-Droid because it isn't FLOSS and probably isn't compliant with another one or more terms from their inclusion policy.
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