Another Vivaldi user here. I use this in combination with the protonsuite (mail, calendar, drive, ...) to 'degoogle' as much as possible.
New user of Zorin because I'm also trying to minimize the use of microsoftproducts as much as possible.
No Vivaldi, no clutter, you reckon 
At least it's stable. Used it for Google stuff, but now checking out a Chromium browser.
Have you jumped from 16 to 18 yet? ( 100,000 downloads in two days – they'll run out of ISOs!
As for Brave and Firefox browsers, they're both good. Will keep supporting Firefox and Mozilla because they're one of the only contenders against Chromium.
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I'm back to Firefox again, and I use Brave as a fallback when something doesn't work in Firefox. Firefox is the last browser fighting against the Chromium world, and I think that's good.
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea behind Brave, but Firefox must not die.
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I have 0 doubt there has been 100,000 downloads. Despite the BS that distrowatch likes to peddle, Zorin OS, is actually really popular! Worry not, I already have a Zorin OS 18 PRO 8GB ISO. 
I'm planning on initiating the upgrade on the weekend, if the upgrader is ready by then.
And, the beauty of digital is, you can never run out. Its not like the old days, when you only had so many physical copies to sell in a store. I was being silly about the clutter BTW lol. Firefox has been great for years, unfortunately, its become bloated now with privacy spyware, so not good.
Chromium is likely safer then Chrome. But I'm wondering about this new SlimJim I've heard about, supposed to be a lighter Chrome derivative, without privacy spyware. Brave appears to get both positive & negative reviews here. But Zorin OS switched to Brave for privacy concerns.
There is no such thing as a perfect browser in this world. The requirements of DRM paid streaming services, might make SlimJim browser useless for example, if I find it doesn't have DRM integration, to utilize streaming services.
Youtube themselves are on the warpath, against anyone who uses add blockers. Google blocked my access, and gave me 2 choices. Unblock adds, and let them force feed me them down my throat, or pay for YouTube Premium, which is what I did, cause I also got 4K streaming to my 4K monitor available.
Disney+ with Hulu integration, Amazon Prime video with Paramount + integration. I get all the content I want to watch, but I'm using supported browsers, to view such content.
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