Just found my Vivaldi update contained a little more than just bugfixes… it now has Proton VPN built in.
It’s actually part of the browser, not an extension, so I’m in two minds whether I like that… or not.
You need either a Vivaldi account or a Proton account, so it’s not completely anonymous, but it’s a start.
The free-tier of Proton VPN also appears to be bandwidth limited and your exit point is randomised, so… yeah, it’s ok…
Glad you beat me to the post. I just signed on to bitch about this. Incredibly disappointed Vivaldi did this. Proton and it’s leadership are clearly no longer oriented with true privacy. Even if I didn’t despise Proton, most of us that care about this sort of thing already have VPN accounts and don’t want this bloat injected into our browser. This feels like Vivaldi finally jumping the shark to me. Each version feels more and more bloated.