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corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

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Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX

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corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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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
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    Also, Stop Using Brave Browser

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      Also Chrome…

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        Please, yes!! If anything will make a chance, that will. Google keeps trying to subvert the internet with their FLoC and Topics crap. And the other thing recently with the “trusted” web environment thing.

        A lot of their plans get watered down but still…

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        I only use Brave if I need a Chrome based browser. Otherwise I use Firefox.

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          Sticking with Vivaldi if I need a Chrome fix

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            Consider using Ungoogled Chromium on desktop or Cromite on Android.

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          if I need a Chrome based browser

          I don’t think Chromium has “gone bad”? They make a WIndows and macOS build too, not just Linux: https://chromium.woolyss.com/download/en/

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            I try to avoid Chromium based browsers as a rule because I don’t like Google being the de facto standards group by controlling Chromium.

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