Vivaldi browseris backing Mastodon to release online communications from Big Techs stranglehold.
The moves aim to accelerate the uptake of Mastodon, while attracting more users to Vivaldis privacy-focused surfing app.
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Vivaldis instance has the capacity to alleviate some of the strain.
We wanted to lend a hand.
Von Tetzchner also hopes to lower the barriers to entering Mastodon.
Unlike at Twitter, no individual plutocrat can dictate all the rules.
Yet this decentralized approach as well as a new interface can scare neophytes off.
Many Mastodon newbies complain about the complexity of joining and using the system.
Vivaldis integration could ease the transition.
This is a win-win.
Vivaldi, of course, also hopes the strategy attracts more users to its net web surfer.
There is a win-win here, said von Tetzchner.
We help Mastodon grow and clearly that also helps us grow if people choose to access Mastodon from Vivaldi.
Von Tetzchner adds that its a natural pairing.
Like Mastodon, Vivaldi is billed as a community-driven systemthatscontrolled by users instead of corporations.
These principles hark back to the early web, which was made to be distributed.
This has been particularly visible with regard to social networks.
Mastodon and the fediverse changes all that.
you’ve got the option to connect through one of many servers.
The Vivaldi integration is also evidence that alliances between open platforms are strengthening.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
