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

submitted 9 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

imagine buying a web browser

[-] butterflyattack@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Netscape navigator was free on CDs!

[-] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago

You bought the ad-free version, they had a small banner on top. And of course there were key generators and such, back in the days there wasn't any online key validation. Or you could kill the banner with a local proxy. Still, I actually wanted to support the development, just like I donate to good FOSS software now, or buy android apps to remove ads although I'm already killing them all with adaway on a rooted phone.

Sure, there were free browsers out there, but back then Opera was really way ahead of the bell curve.

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