Opera used to be a fantastic web browser, with a custom high-performance Presto rendering engine and features like tabbed windows that didn't show up in competing browsers until years later. However, the modern Opera browser is a shadow of its former self, reliant on chasing trends and meme advertising to
  • hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    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.worldEnglish
      72·
      10 months ago

      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?

      • Syrc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I mean, what’s the problem with NordVPN? Pretty much every youtuber I respect who does sponsorship promotes it, and I’ve never heard anything bad about it. Generalizing like that is always bad (or well, mostly always, or ironically I would be generalizing).

      • obbelusk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

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