Reviewing 2024 with Jón von Tetzchner: Brat or Næt

About this episode

Bruce Lawson and Vivaldi Browser CEO Jón von Tetzchner review the top tech stories of 2024, discussing key topics and their implications for the browser market.

Join Bruce Lawson and Vivaldi Browser CEO Jón von Tetzchner as they review the top tech stories of 2024! In this episode, they discuss the landmark Google monopoly ruling, the shifting dynamics of the browser market, and their thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro. They also explore the future of Chromium, rate each topic as "brat" (good) or "næt" (not so good), and share insights on the challenges of building and maintaining a browser engine. Show notes: Mr Shakespeare’s comedies Google vs DOJ United States v. Apple (2024) Bloomberg terminals based on Chromium Presto rendering engine KHTML Vivaldi user agent changes Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI BCA Vivaldi Social for a free Mastodon account Social Web Foundation launches, supported by Vivaldi

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Lawson

Guest: Jón von Tetzchner

Topics covered

• tech stories
• Google monopoly ruling
• browser market dynamics
• Apple Vision Pro
• Chromium future
• browser engine challenges

Keywords

• 2024 tech review
• Google monopoly
• browser market
• Apple Vision Pro
• Chromium
• Vivaldi Browser
• Jón von Tetzchner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vivaldi Browser, Google, Apple, Chromium, Social Web Foundation, Vivaldi Social

Books & works: Apple Vision Pro, Mr Shakespeare’s comedies

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