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Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by 2bitencryption »

rosywoozlechan wrote: post #9
someperson wrote: post #6

It's worth noting that Qihoo 360 still owns Opera and has a reputation for spyware/adware (separate from the Chinese Communist Party / Made In China issues).

And there's that whole predatory lending business Opera makes a lot of its money from.

Here's an example, right on Google's Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.loan.cash....

Translating their "example" scenario: > For example, for a loan of $1,000 to pay in 91 days, you will have to pay only $82 of interest, a commission of $180 and VAT (16%). The total amount to be paid would be $1,384. CAT: 151.1%, annual interest rate: 21.9%.

You get $1000, then three months later you pay it back plus 38%. Sounds legit /s

Hiring post linking Okredito to Opera: https://www.simplyhired.mx/search?q=cobranza+preventiva&l=be...

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by jm4 »

surround wrote: post #10
Klinky wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might check out Vivaldi, created by one of the founders of Opera Software. Has a ton of UI customization options built-in. https://vivaldi.com/

It’s also Chromium based

But it's not owned by a Chinese company. Opera is and that makes me question how trustworthy it is. There hasn't been evidence to suggest it's not, but I'm not comfortable running it on my machines.

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by dgellow »

aspenmayer wrote: post #7
sandoooo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's for market segmentation for advertisers. This way they can sell aggregate data and ad impressions that's targeted to a very specific and profitable segment. Like google's 'flocks' concept, but maybe less moving pieces.

This FLoC? https://github.com/jkarlin/floc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_(web_browser)

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by sandoooo »

aspenmayer wrote: post #7
sandoooo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's for market segmentation for advertisers. This way they can sell aggregate data and ad impressions that's targeted to a very specific and profitable segment. Like google's 'flocks' concept, but maybe less moving pieces.

This FLoC? https://github.com/jkarlin/floc

>https://github.com/jkarlin/floc

this is the one I mean, yes.

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by kick »

adewinter wrote: post #13

Cool, I have absolutely no way of telling what this is or what it does without downloading it first?

What? If you just click the page it tells you pretty efficiently; it's one of the few good marketing pages that exist right now.

Literally without scrolling at all:

Discover Opera GX

CPU, RAM & bandwidth limiters

Need every ounce of power your machine can give you? No need to close your browser. GX Control lets you set limits on how much RAM and CPU usage your browser will take up.

Choose favourite design and color

You can customize your browser with any color you want and choose from different special effects and themes.

Twitch Integration

Never miss a live stream. With Twitch right in your sidebar, you can easily see channels you follow, who's online, and choose to receive notifications whenever someone you follow goes live.

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by someperson »

jm4 wrote: post #12
surround wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s also Chromium based

But it's not owned by a Chinese company. Opera is and that makes me question how trustworthy it is. There hasn't been evidence to suggest it's not, but I'm not comfortable running it on my machines.

The term I heard recently was "distrust and verify", a modern spin on the Russian proverb "Trust, but verify" which was made famous by Ronald Reagan during the first Cold War [1].

In software industry, following the "distrust and verify" strategy makes particularly good sense. Software that is not open-source cannot be verified, so should only be used in carefully sandboxed environments.

In 2020, why would anybody use a closed-source web browser?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by esprehn »

hellotomyrars wrote: post #3

I really loved Opera before it became chromium based but I do still like opera. They've integrated a lot of nice features which makes it a more compelling offering than chrome without any additional add-ons. I also think that setting resource limits for the browser is a good feature. I do not see why this needs to be broken out as a separate browser for #Gamers though. I guess it might help them gain market share bec…

Fwiw many of the Opera engineers who worked on Presto moved over to work on Chromium and have done amazing work improving performance, standards compliance, and other cool web features. The browser itself might not live on but the expertise does.

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by abc-xyz »

Qihoo 360, the Chinese company that brought Opera, recently showed the world why you should never trust Chinese hardware and software.

On the outside a browser seem harmless, but Qihoo 360, Alibaba, Tencent and all the other Chinese companies that operate popular browsers, kindly showed the world what they’re capable of when they decided to make the 966 GitHub repo inaccessible to everyone using the Chinese browsers (which many people are unknowingly doing since they come preinstalled with their cheap phones).

Just to be clear, they didn’t block GitHub as a whole, but they instead rewrote the content of a specific repo despite HTTPS being present. They could do the same with every website in the world, such as rewriting the content of Wikipedia articles, rewrite the content and websites returned in your Google search results, in your Facebook, YouTube feeds.. write fake NYTimes articles and modify the frontpage to link to them, or push the fake article to a specific group of users on social media, or rewrite Google Chrome’s download page to download a modified version that is bundled with malware. The possibilities are endless, and keep in mind that the companies themselves were willing to abuse this power to silence software developers complaining about long work hours.. imagine what the CCP would force them to do.

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