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Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by gsnedders »

justinlardinois wrote: post #19
toomanythings4 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's very popular in countries and continents like India, Asia and Africa. Specifically on small, cheap phones.

Do these phones typically run Android? Or older OSes that have a mobile JVM?

Mostly Android nowadays, far as I'm aware.

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by Teksource »

jacek wrote: post #20
digi_owl wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May give Vivaldi a look. Made by many of the original Opera people. https://vivaldi.com/

Thanks, I will give it a try again, but the last time I didn't like the UI.

The UI is great. But if you do not like it, customize it, either with massive CSS rewrites or the built inside customization options.

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by dingdingdang »

digi_owl wrote: post #14
jacek wrote: post #10

I really like using Opera on Linux. It is the only full featured browser that has good, scalable UI and touch input support. And builtin adblocking + "battery saver mode" (developer version only) are really good additions. However, I do not trust Chinese companies with my data, I will need to switch to Firefox soon.

May give Vivaldi a look. Made by many of the original Opera people. https://vivaldi.com/

But Vivaldi == "We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface with the help of Node.js and a long list of NPM modules. Vivaldi is the web built with the web.". Which again equals: do I really want to trust that browser knowing how NPM modules are basically the least secure thing ever?

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by jacek »

Teksource wrote: post #22
jacek wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I will give it a try again, but the last time I didn't like the UI.

The UI is great. But if you do not like it, customize it, either with massive CSS rewrites or the built inside customization options.

I just found this: https://vivaldi.net/en-US/teamblog/121-snapshot-1-3-501-6-cu...! (dev version). It allows full customization with CSS! That's great!

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by Quai »

lostmsu wrote: post #9

Time to delete Opera Link account, and uninstall the Mini :(

I'm sorry to tell you that your Opera Link (not to be confused with Opera Sync, the syncing platform for the new products) has already been deleted. Opera stopped providing the Opera Link service December last year.

The servers has been decommissioned, and according to Norwegian law, the user data has been deleted.

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by RubyPinch »

dingdingdang wrote: post #24
digi_owl wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May give Vivaldi a look. Made by many of the original Opera people. https://vivaldi.com/

But Vivaldi == "We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface with the help of Node.js and a long list of NPM modules. Vivaldi is the web built with the web.". Which again equals: do I really want to trust that browser knowing how NPM modules are basically the least secure thing ever?

a) that wouldn't affect a build, assuming they cache their packages, which they probably would since that event

b) didn't they change their unpublishing policy after that event?

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by syoc »

jacek wrote: post #10

I really like using Opera on Linux. It is the only full featured browser that has good, scalable UI and touch input support. And builtin adblocking + "battery saver mode" (developer version only) are really good additions. However, I do not trust Chinese companies with my data, I will need to switch to Firefox soon.

I don't understand why people instantly go to the uninstall step when we are talking about the Chinese acquiring information, but the USG is fine. At least you most likely don't live in the country obtaining potentially incriminating information (if that is your worry).

Re: Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600M

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Post by kccqzy »

jacek wrote: post #10

I really like using Opera on Linux. It is the only full featured browser that has good, scalable UI and touch input support. And builtin adblocking + "battery saver mode" (developer version only) are really good additions. However, I do not trust Chinese companies with my data, I will need to switch to Firefox soon.

I typically don't have this instinctive bias against Chinese companies (they manufacture lots of great products), but I've actually heard of the leading buyer, Qihoo 360. I remember they used to release some "security software" for Windows that disabled the builtin Windows update and replaced it with their own mechanism. They also used to have their own "secure browser" that was nothing more than a shell over Trident and Webkit. I'm not sure I can find references for those claims as this was a very long time ago. But I just navigated to their official website (they seem to have two, http://www.360.com and http://www.360.cn ) and guess what. The year is 2016 and a security company's official website doesn't support HTTPS. It doesn't work on my computer and hopefully this isn't due to China's firewall.
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