Is opera chrome clone? Or do they still have their own guts?
Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker
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Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
That used to be true before it was sold in 2016 to a Chinese conglomerate. As noted above, the Chinese removed VPN apps from the Apple app store, but they left this one. Which means it's compromised.
How does it conclusively mean that?
You cannot legally sell a VPN without lawful intercept capabilities in China. My guess is that if the Chinese authorities have let this VPN pass through the system, it could mean there must be some way for the Chinese authorities to intercept traffic. Of course, this conclusion is not backed by any evidence.
Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker
#143Two questions : How different is this reskined chrome different than brave if I were to consider using it? Can we still rely on opera and trust them (after their Chinese acquisition)?
I think in terms of track records there isn't a huge difference between a Chinese-owned and a US-owned company. If you're already searching outside that sphere of influence, that makes you a huge outlier. Assuming that you are not, I think putting just the focus on the nationality here is maybe not a strong argument in any direction.
FWIW, this particular company's track record isn't great, and includes a reported backdoor in their older "Secure Browser" (which used an IE logo painted green): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360#Controversies
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are equating crypto with payment but it's really moved on from that. The blockchain space really about competing with Ethereum to provide a decentralised platform for applications - what some people term as web3.
I was not aware web 3.0 is a thing yet. Is there any "killer" web 3.0 app? From what I've seen most are small crypto currency apps or web 2.0 apps with a crypto payment/token component. Is IPFS considered Web 3.0 as well?
Yes, I would say ipfs is an important component of web3. Ethereum has it's own competitor to ipfs called swarm which provides the static content hosting to pair with decentralised database (Ethereum blockchain), and decentralised messaging (whisper), to provide a fully decentralised application platform.
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#145Is opera chrome clone? Or do they still have their own guts?
Opera has a chrome-based engine since 2013 more-less. I guess their old engine were called Trident, and its gone. Also i think they are now owned by a Chinese company.
Edit: oops, Trident was the Microsoft browser engine.. i guess i meant 'Presto' as the name of the old ditched Opera web engine.
Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker
#146It's funny to see how the VPN option is disabled by default in China...
Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker
#147Is opera chrome clone? Or do they still have their own guts?
Opera has a chrome-based engine since 2013 more-less. I guess their old engine were called Trident, and its gone. Also i think they are now owned by a Chinese company. Edit: oops, Trident was the Microsoft browser engine.. i guess i meant 'Presto' as the name of the old ditched Opera web engine.
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#148Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker
#149Is opera chrome clone? Or do they still have their own guts?
Opera has a chrome-based engine since 2013 more-less. I guess their old engine were called Trident, and its gone. Also i think they are now owned by a Chinese company. Edit: oops, Trident was the Microsoft browser engine.. i guess i meant 'Presto' as the name of the old ditched Opera web engine.
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#150I personally feel that browsers are headed entirely in the wrong direction - "one thing well" no longer applies in this space.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a lightweight browser, if such a thing even exists anymore? Perhaps Chromium + Scriptsafe + uBlock is what I need, but ultimately I want is a tabbed browser without a load of unnecessary features bundled in.
For example; there is no way I would trust the VPN embedded into a browser, thereby rendering it useless bloat. Much like I don't trust the ad blocker in Brave for Android, but I find the experience better than Firefox mobile, and carry on using it despite my displeasure.