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Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX (www.spacebar.news)

submitted 7 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 155 points 7 months ago (33 children)

This behavior is just beyond batshit. Before anyone decides tl;dr, the article is well worth a read.

I had a hunch that Opera was circling the drain when I started seeing them sponsor Youtubers. A general rule of thumb is that no company that has anything worth a shit devolves to sponsoring Youtube videos. I had no idea about the predatory loans thing, or the crypto scam chasing thing, or the ripping off ChatGPT thing...

Back here in reality, there is no reason anyone should be using any other browser than Firefox. There is one organization left in this arena still devoted to protecting privacy, maintaining open standards, and a fair and open web for all. And it ain't Google, it ain't Microsoft, and it ain't Opera.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 20 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I do not agree with your generalisation of YouTube sponsorships, but with the rest I absolutely agree with.

Honestly, I read something about Opera being vaguely connected to shady Chinese companies right before I started recommending ppl to switch away from Opera or Opera GX. Glad I stuck to that, looks like my intuition did not fail me.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You, uh, really feel that the likes of Raid: Shadow Legends, Nord VPN, Honey by PayPal, Raycons, and HelloFresh are really making a positive contribution to the world that we can't do without?

[–] obbelusk@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I think there might be a few exceptions, but generally it's just loot boxes and predatory games.

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