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Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by Shorel »

shadeslayer_ wrote: post #28

Unrelated, but it's borderline frustrating how used to I have gotten to the Chrome ecosystem by now - to the point that the mere thought of switching to any other browser makes me queasy. I tried Brave for a couple weeks but they didn't support DRM videos, so back I went to Chrome.

I really wonder what I would be missing, using Firefox almost exclusively.

Netflix works fine. Spotify works fine. Extensions work fine. Gmail works fine. Pocket integration (I also own a Kobo) is awesome. Syncing between all my devices works great.

Multi-Account containers are such a great feature, now I can't live without it.

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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popeathlete wrote: post #39
ignoramous wrote: post #38

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What's their business model? Got to say, the browser looks pretty slick.

It's a great browser, as customizable as you'd expect a spiritual successor to Opera to be. Unfortunately you largely have to take their word when it comes to privacy, but they seem trustworthy enough.

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Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by jm4 »

someperson wrote: post #18
jm4 wrote: post #12

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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 us…

I believe it was Pompeo who recently said that. It's about right for some of the things going on lately.

Any software from China or Russia falls into that category for me. Some other places would too if it was more common to see mainstream software from them.

I agree with you on the web browsers. Hardly anyone uses an open source browser though. Most of them have open source components mixed with closed source blobs to the point where you don't really know what it's doing. Chrome is a good example where they go as far as to scan your machine for malware, but it's not the only one.

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by detritus »

Kind of like Discord has in its space, I love how gamer-centric optimisations can lead to better use case experiences for non-gamers. I could imagine using something like this for much more than just games.

Is there a way to configure Firefox to boot up in some sort of similarly-scaled back fashion?

Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by Shared404 »

shadeslayer_ wrote: post #27
kick wrote: post #16

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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 Y…

No idea why you're being downvoted.

He's being downvoted because nowhere on that page does it mention that it's a web browser. If I didn't know what opera was before hand, I wouldn't of been sure if it was a web browser, game browser (like steam), or something else.

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Re: Opera GX Gaming Browser

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Post by OrangeKnucles »

pawelmi wrote: post #22
2bitencryption wrote: post #11

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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 i…

To customer belonging to high risk group (which would be main customers of lending apps) banks simply refuse to even start conversation about credit. But then it is not called predatory. Pretty clean solution. Since banks take customers with low default probability, here risk has to be unfortunately priced in. Load that is not repaid is not only revenue loss, it is also loss of capital (that company is obliged to pro…

Road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Most people who want to stop 'exploitation' of poor people by corporations would never take a single step to help them.

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