I met with top execs at Opera while working for one of the top-3 European IPS (was right-hand man of the global partnership director). They showed us, in details, how their core business model is all about capturing personal data and resell it to various buyers. That's why they promote so many services like VPN and AI, as deeply integrated as possible into their browser. I'll never touch an Opera product again.
Well, considering the company's been bought by a Chinese consortium and this happened, <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-19-opera-accused-of-predatory-loan-apps.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-19-opera-accused-of-predato...</a> , I'm not sure this is such a great news.<p>One of the original Opera co-founders is now founder and CEO of the browser-maker Vivaldi
Poor souls still don't understand the why choose Firefox. If I remember right opera now funded by some chinese company
<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)</a>
Opera was the most popular browser in Belarus in late 2000s. Happened mostly because of word of mouth and bunch of features that allowed to save data when browsing. Most users at that moment had metered connections like 800 megabytes per month, but up to 100mbit/s or really slow 30kbit/s but unlimited.
OK, here is a radical suggestion:<p>The list should only include browsers that meet certain security and privacy criteria in the default install.<p>The EU law should not be abused to give the new data stealing Opera more downloads.
My daughter just told me she has a separate profile, mostly for her games that runs on Opera GX[1]. And her side question was, “Why are we paying for YouTube again?” “No Ads.” “Opera GX has no YouTube Ads by default.”<p>Opera seems to kicking up their sales channels everywhere.<p>1. <a href="https://www.opera.com/gx" rel="nofollow">https://www.opera.com/gx</a>
15 years ago awesome. Last time I used it too many adverts inserted? Rumour has it that their main business is predatory African money lending. Which is just weird.
"This data suggests a growing interest among iOS users in exploring browser alternatives like Opera."<p>Or that users select the first option in the list.
It seems like a detail but I think it's a shame that this screen shows browsers in a randomized order. It rewards the janky browsers that will never be large but get above the threshold (like this Opera browser) and then use this boost in popularity to essentially prey on their users.<p>Instead, I wish they just showed the browsers in popularity order. Sure, that means Apple and Google get to be on top. But it makes it a lot more viable for a decent browser to fight to get up to #5, #4, #3, and get rewarded for that improvement.
I love percentages. 164% up from what, exactly? 164% growth on 100 users isn't that many in sheer numbers terms, a drop in the ocean in the browser segment.<p>I'm happy to see the change that has hit Android and iOS as a result, and I like that it's drawing attention to other browsers and opening the market more, I just really dislike useless and potentially misleading percentages that suggest things may be dramatically different instead of negligibly so.
> "We see this as indicative of two things: for one, the importance of regulation to provide a more level playing field, and for another, that users are hungry for new and innovative products that can deliver a superior online experience."<p>It's only indicative that popups work and users without any idea of whats going on click on pretty icons.
Unsurprising, seeing as Sefari is trying its best to turn into the Modern MS Explorer - what with refusing or delaying to implement W3C recommendations