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Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
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Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#22This is a game changing feature and I hope other browsers follow suit, I would love to see it implemented in the mobile version especially.
Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#23This is a game changing feature and I hope other browsers follow suit, I would love to see it implemented in the mobile version especially.
Really? I am all for it, but in 2016 putting an extra server in the middle of my request isn't really a game changer. Brave is leading the charge with extensions as a service, and I love them for it. However, I just can't see it being profitable. Brave can def make money, but I don't think people care about privacy. The other usecases make sense, but between opera or brave (both totally unknown companies to non tech crowd) Brave would for sure win that.
In Opera's case, one more person would get "all" the data. In all other cases, 1-3 companies get all the data. So it's good, I just can't call it a game changer.
Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#24Sounds pretty good, but I still wouldn't trust it with anything more than a YouTube video.
Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#25If I use this though, will Netflix block me from accessing any content?
If not already, probably soon. Being free and probably popular...this service will hit the radar for Netflix, Cloudflare captcha hell, etc, in fairly short order.
Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#26Free as in free 500MB and then you have to pay.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do they detect that you are using a VPN?
They have a list of VPN providers. Probably they also have some heuristics that look closely at people who geoip in a different country than their billing records, and whose IP address seems to be in a colo rather than a DSL subscriber block.
This is why I would love to see a Visa card that anonymises you to corporations, but not necessarily the government - and available to those overseas. Don't suppose such a thing exists?
Edit: Scratch that. What I'd like is a high speed consumer cable account that I could proxy into.
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#28Couple with native adblocking I'm very tempted to switch browsers (from FF) and probably do so when available. But it just sounds too good, what is the catch?
I'm not a specialist, but you can start by researching how the Opera company makes money.
It would seem to me a possible future "catch" would be that they could charge selected advertisers to let their ads through...
From their own FAQ: http://www.operasoftware.com/press/faq
"How Opera makes money"
Opera provides cloud-based mobile services and
solutions to operators, publishers and advertisers
and enables hundreds of millions of consumers, via
the Company's global cloud infrastructure, to
connect to the internet content and services that
matter most to them. Along those lines, Opera has
different revenue models, depending on the
customer type:
*Operators.*
Opera's revenue sources from this
hosted solution include active user fees, data
fees, NRE/development fees, hosting services,
advertising and maintenance, and support.
*Mobile consumers*
(via partnerships with search
providers and advertisers). The primary driver of
mobile consumer revenue is revenue from mobile
search, the Opera Mobile Store and active user
growth.
*Mobile publishers and advertisers.*
Revenue comes
from Opera's mobile advertising services and
technology solutions, offered to premium and
performance advertisers, ad agencies, publishers
and developers.
*Device OEMs.*
Revenue comes through license
agreements with a wide range of
consumer-electronic-device OEMs.
*Desktop consumers.*
Revenue comes primarily from
search and e-commerce partnerships.Re: Free VPN integrated in Opera for better online privacy
#29This is a game changing feature and I hope other browsers follow suit, I would love to see it implemented in the mobile version especially.
"Game changing"? No. This doesn't actually change the game at all.
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#30"This is why we today have more engineers than ever before working on new features for our desktop browser."
Is this true or just PR BS? Because my understanding is that they had laid off most of the desktop browser team a few years ago and there were only a few left working on it.