Miss uBlock Origin? Vivaldi's latest update takes its built-in ad-blocker to the next level
Vivaldi 8.3 is leveling up its ad-blocking capabilities with per-site customizable blocking levels, plus completely custom filters.
Vivaldi, a productivity-focused web browser, has recently released version 8.3, featuring an upgraded ad-blocker and tracking prevention. This update addresses the issue of many popular ad-blocking extensions, such as uBlock Origin, becoming ineffective or being removed due to Google's Manifest V3 API implementation. Vivaldi, built on Chromium, shares this fate with Chrome and other browsers.
To rectify this, Vivaldi has introduced a more powerful tracker blocker in version 8.3, offering four customizable blocking levels: Off, Light, Strong, and Aggressive. These levels provide varying degrees of ad-blocking effectiveness, but aggressive blocking may occasionally disrupt website functionality. Vivaldi's CEO, Jon von Tetzchner, emphasized the browser's commitment to user privacy, stating that the new Ad and Tracker Blocker actively removes trackers and allows users to decide the level of blocking for each website.
Apart from the ad-blocker enhancements, Vivaldi 8.3 also brings minor improvements, including vertical tabs with auto-collapsing title bars, the "paste and go" feature for multiple link insertion, a context menu option to copy sanitized links, and enhanced reader mode speed and functionality.
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