They walked away from big money when highly dubious investors came in at #Opera.
Instead of remaining silent and abandoning their principles, they said "fuck you", walked away and started something new. While I definitely prefer free software, I feel sympathy for that courage.
Look at what Opera turned out to become. With it's built in #crypto currency, #AI force feeding, full scale #telemetry and other crap. Pretty much what they (now #Vivaldi people) warned about back then.
...now compare that to some of the priorities of the Vivaldi people: End-to-End encrypted profile synchronization among all devices, #Fediverse integration, working around googles chromium bullshit, opt-in philosophy, etc...
@jon @Vivaldi