Vivaldi has unveiled a number of productivity-enhancing updates to its web browser alongside integration for Mastodon, which the company claims to be “a key component of decentralized social networking”. The self-proclaimed first web browser company to have a Mastodon instance (Vivaldi Social), it has now integrated the social networking platform into the sidebar, which it hopes will cater to a growing audience of individuals who are “tired of Big Tech social networks and their lock-in algorithms”.  Set up by former Opera Software CEO, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who is credited with jointly creating the Opera browser, Vivaldi promises to be a platform that’s independent and free of external investors, allowing it to cater to the modern-day needs of a privacy-focused society.
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