Should I use Opera as my main browser

[Sandro Linux]

Should I Opera as my main browser. I like Opera but recently it had that Loan Shark scandal so I am not sure if I should trust it

[Naijin]

4 minutes ago, Sandro Linux said:

Should I Opera as my main browser. I like Opera but recently it had that Loan Shark scandal so I am not sure if I should trust it

I personally use Opera GX as my main browser. It's the same as Opera with some fancy (aesthetic and performance) features like colored border or using less RAM.

Opera includes a free VPN and ad blocking, which can be useful. Other than that, it's pretty much the same as any other browser, which is just fine.

[Sandro Linux]

1 minute ago, Naijin said:

I personally use Opera GX as my main browser. It's the same as Opera with some fancy (aesthetic and performance) features like colored border or using less RAM.

Opera includes a free VPN and ad blocking, which can be useful. Other than that, it's pretty much the same as any other browser, which is just fine.

Ok I will try it as my main browser

[pythonmegapixel]

I think it really depends on your ethics; the loan shark scandal was to do with other applications owned by the Opera company using misleading tactics to take peoples' money.

 

Of course there's the question of whether you want a company like that to have access to any of your data...

[Rupe]

46 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Of course there's the question of whether you want a company like that to have access to any of your data...

I agree. Given how similar the experience from one browser to another is this is easily enough reason to not use Opera 

[Mark Kaine]

If you're ok with using Chinese software as your main browser,  yes.  If not,  no.

 

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On 18 July 2016, Opera Software ASAannounced it had sold its browser, privacy and performance apps, and the Opera brand to Golden Brick CapitalPrivate Equity Fund I Limited Partnership (a consortium of Chinese investors led by Beijing Kunlun Tech Co and Qihoo 360) for an amount of US$600 million.

 

[Sandro Linux]

6 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

If you're ok with using Chinese software as your main browser,  yes.  If not,  no.

 

 

Ok yeah I am fine with Chinese software