Vivaldi Boss: It’d Be Cool if Google Went Back to the ‘Not Evil’ Schtick
5th September 2017
But I wouldn’t hold my breath.
The founder of the web browser Opera has accused Google of “anti-competitive” practices.
“A monopoly both in search and advertising, Google, unfortunately shows that they are not able to resist the misuse of power,” wrote Jon von Tetzchner, now CEO of Vivaldi, in a blog post on Monday.
He also intimated there may have been a connection between an interview published in tech glad-rag WIRED, where he criticised data gathering and ad targeting by Google and Facebook, and the suspension of Vivaldi’s Google AdWords accounts two days later.