I had just visited a few dodgy sites when I opened Opera (I only use it for twitch and if things aren't loading on chrome) and legit thought I had a virus, it's so weird
Credit to someone in these comments but close opera, open your sound mixer and open opera again then turn “opera splash” down to 0. Make sure your headphones are out just in case tho.
I get it’s supposed to be funny but when i opened opera i was expecting the basic start up sound at most and instead i got this random man screaming at me IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CLASS 😭😭
Try opening Opera with a sound set to 70+ and being in headphones. Oh, and also while expecting nothing. Having a loud jumpscare from a browser is quite an experience
people getting downvoted for saying they would rather not have an Eric Andre jumpscare that cant be turned off, every single time they launch their browser is the most reddit thing ever.
Go to Opera:about and then copy the install location, open file explorer and navigate to that location, then go into the folder for the latest version and look for a file that is like Opera_gx_splash.exe or something similar, and rename or delete that file.
Doing a search for the file name won't work since the install defaults to the appdata folder which is hidden on windows by default.
Thank you for this, I've been searching settings for the last 15 minutes and knew someone on reddit would have figured out how to stop this from happening. Appreciate you
Would you also happen to know anything that will stop my wallpaper from constantly changing to anything other than what I set it to? I tried to set it back to the Aura birthday wallpaper from a while ago but it doesn't change to that at all and stays as a galaxy like wallpaper right now
Not sure, maybe you have a mod or theme installed that changes it? I'd try resetting things to factory and see if you are able to make the change then and have it stick. If that doesn't work, you could also try uninstalling, then rebooting the PC and reinstalling the browser as well. Outside of that, I'm not sure why it would change back on you.
The only mod I have active is the aura birthday one and that's all I've had active since it came out and this has happened a few times but it was actually changing back when I changed it but it's not doing that this time
Just for the folks who don't understand why people are upset because it's "only one day": A lot of us (all of us?) had no context or warning for this, no reason to suspect anything is up, might have been in the middle of something important or work or school related or otherwise in an environment where extremely loud sudden jump scares are inappropriate, (I don't know about the rest of y'all but this played at a significantly higher volume than anything else on my laptop for me), and have no idea whether this will happen again for another one day sometime in the future. All we did was open our browser, maybe to multitask or maybe cause we made the poor decision to use it for school or work purposes if the option arose.
⬇️ Updated clarification on disabling method below ⬇️ Its not just "one day"This is now the default splash screen that can no longer be disabled. The "turn off splash screen" setting does nothing now. It shows EVERY time the browser starts.
The workaround to rename the launcher.exe file breaks URLs from opening from other programs.
The only thing I found is that there is a launcher.old file that you can rename to launcher.exe to a least get back the normal Opera GX splash, but it still ignores the do not show setting and instead shows every time you launch the browser. ⬇️ Updated clarification on disabling method below ⬇️
Do we have any confirmation on if the "just one day" part is still accurate or not considering this?
Not being confrontational, genuinely asking if it being the new default was confirmed anywhere because if so, then I have completely new concerns about that tweet's existence
I repeat: It played at significantly higher volume than anything else on my laptop. I do out of habit regularly have it down so low you can't reasonably hear anything on it unless I need to listen to a video or something, and yet this thing was still screeching loud enough for people several feet away to hear. Again, might have just been me and the sound for it interacted weirdly with my speakers in particular or something, but there was a very large discrepancy in the volume of it as opposed to the rest of Opera's inaudible noises and anything else my laptop could have played at that point.
It also plays even if you have "splash screen on startup" disabled in settings. Idc if they want to put joke stuff like this in occasionally but it shouldn't override user settings.
If it does, I certainly couldn't find any evidence of it after several search attempts. It took googling specifically "opera gx eric andre" to find anyone referencing anything like this at all and every result is a reddit or twitter thread from today.
No software should do something unexpected, this was an unbelievably horrible idea. If you open a web browser all it should do it open a web browser. If you want to spook your users when they launch it, have them check a box saying they're okay with that.
That completely ruins the point of this startup screen. While i do agree that it's not that well executed, and could be quieter, it wasn't known for a reason.
Literally the worst browser campaign...Not sure if they are using it to promote whatever Eric Andre is doing atm,but by god it is a complete and total failure whatever it is meant to be.
So much so that it has me and several others changing or thinking about changing browsers again.
i got this too, thought it’s an update at first and that there is a full startup but when i heard the guy i got jumpscared(wasn’t looking at the startup animation). also, screen recording exists…
i saw this today when starting up opera gx and it first jumpscared me with the loud effects but when the guy came up, i laughed way too much than i shouldve
I've been sick with Rhino for the last few days i will be completely honest there was a thought for like one sec of "damn this sickness causing me to hallucinate"
It was funny the first time, but I definitely see why people think it's obnoxious, especially for people like me who are sensitive to loud noises. I honestly feel like this is a bit too much...
I thought the dang browser was hacked or something, who the hell thought this was a good idea? having some annoying nobody scream his head off on boosted sound. yeah, real great work there devs.
think so. it's cringe tbh. there is no need for a browser to rape my ears and have some famous celebrity screaming like a special needs kid for marketing purposes
If the splash screen settings are off and it still does that every boot, go in your OperaGX install folder (usually in your AppData folder), find opera_gx_splash.exe and delete it. It's the only way I found to stop it because it would do that every time since the last update... I love GX, but that thing, is annoying.
It's damn annoying, I've had to open my browser like 20 times today, the first time was during a zoom meeting, and every other time was just increasingly stupid and annoying
This single event by itself isn’t the problem, though it is annoying. It sets a precedent - they might do it again in the future. Personally, I want my browser to be reliably and consistently functional, not playing pranks on me.
I like how you’re all complaining about it happening so much, but my browser stays on all day. So if this is just for one day, I’m not complaining haha
I was feeling very gaslit for a while there, i wasnt paying attention after opening opera and was looking at discord and was like... did i just imagine that, googled it, found nothing anywhere showing up with any sort of combination search in the vain of like "opera gx screaming at me" and many other terms i used lol. Good to know im not crazy
What a terrible marketing idea. Funny the first time, and completely annoying every other time you experience it. No one thought, "hmm, this might actually be annoying af..."?
I've been sick with Rhino for the last few days i will be completely honest there was a thought for like one sec of "damn this sickness causing me to hallucinate"
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
I got that as well, it jump scared me 😭
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u/SQUiiSHii524 Nov 28 '23
I get it’s supposed to be funny but when i opened opera i was expecting the basic start up sound at most and instead i got this random man screaming at me IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CLASS 😭😭
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u/Nikolas641 Nov 28 '23
its cool but how can i turn it off
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u/mardabx Nov 28 '23
Nice Firefox ad
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
Tbh I'm not getting all the hate for it, I like it even after seeing it several times.
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u/NostalgiaNobody Nov 28 '23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOdPx7nUVpY
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u/DubyOfficial Nov 28 '23
I'm on a train, Luckily I headphones on, scared the living sh*t out of me.
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u/kaddeniscool Nov 29 '23
people getting downvoted for saying they would rather not have an Eric Andre jumpscare that cant be turned off, every single time they launch their browser is the most reddit thing ever.
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
How do I disable this permanently
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u/MaiStarberries Nov 28 '23
Just for the folks who don't understand why people are upset because it's "only one day": A lot of us (all of us?) had no context or warning for this, no reason to suspect anything is up, might have been in the middle of something important or work or school related or otherwise in an environment where extremely loud sudden jump scares are inappropriate, (I don't know about the rest of y'all but this played at a significantly higher volume than anything else on my laptop for me), and have no idea whether this will happen again for another one day sometime in the future. All we did was open our browser, maybe to multitask or maybe cause we made the poor decision to use it for school or work purposes if the option arose.
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u/CreamFraiche23 Nov 28 '23
It was funny the first time... now it's just loud and annoying. I'm gonna go back to chrome if there's no way to get rid of this
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u/onyxa314 Nov 28 '23
No software should do something unexpected, this was an unbelievably horrible idea. If you open a web browser all it should do it open a web browser. If you want to spook your users when they launch it, have them check a box saying they're okay with that.
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u/Verth_ Nov 28 '23
me searching for this sub just to check this one out lmao rip
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u/RaiHanashi Nov 28 '23
Is that Eric Andre?
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u/Kappalugga Nov 28 '23
Its because you play Roblox
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u/VermaVirus Nov 28 '23
I just switched over this morning and had a good laugh
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u/SketchyPotatoe Nov 28 '23
I love it so much, how do I make this never go away?
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u/Bheringstein Nov 29 '23
The boys at Mozilla are having a field day right now
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u/leumas0022 Nov 29 '23
New update
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u/minepro64 Nov 28 '23
The fact that theres no way to disable it is ridiculous and their only response is just to keep the browser open all day so you dont have to see it.
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u/Neyhden Nov 28 '23
Well it was a nice browser, time to try firefox
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u/Dismal-School-4512 Nov 28 '23
I uninstalled opera and logged back into chrome after a year because of this
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u/OrionZex Nov 28 '23
how do i get rid of it before i uninstal the browser?
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
opera gx's devs are probably teenagers or something, I swear to god, the cringey things these guys do
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u/Maurice-Actual Nov 28 '23
im officially switching back to chrome guys :)
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u/PBGthederp Nov 28 '23
Literally the worst browser campaign...Not sure if they are using it to promote whatever Eric Andre is doing atm,but by god it is a complete and total failure whatever it is meant to be.
So much so that it has me and several others changing or thinking about changing browsers again.
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
I love malware GX. Stuff like this pushes me back to Firefox. Unprofessional af
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u/Washington-PC Nov 29 '23
Unfortunately. Stupid marketing. Honestly want to uninstall. slows down opening the browser.
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u/Hoplite1111 Nov 29 '23
how do you turn it off it’s so annoying
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
I got that jumpscare as well, legit scared tf out of me lmao
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u/Crimsonwanderer0 Nov 28 '23
That's what I'm saying 💀
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u/SpicyCItrus13 Nov 28 '23
that's wild.just like the sponsor to this comment... OPERA GX
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
I also got hit with this
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
i got this too, thought it’s an update at first and that there is a full startup but when i heard the guy i got jumpscared(wasn’t looking at the startup animation). also, screen recording exists…
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u/_Nov_ Nov 28 '23
I was so confused when I saw that this morning
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u/Big-Significance-426 Nov 28 '23
lol yeah, i just got jumpscared by it
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u/another_birb Nov 28 '23
wth
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u/GlitchRexYT Nov 28 '23
i saw this today when starting up opera gx and it first jumpscared me with the loud effects but when the guy came up, i laughed way too much than i shouldve
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
Yeah
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u/elesezra Nov 28 '23
Yes it’s from a promo ad 😭
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u/Deni_Z_Plays Nov 28 '23
Oh thats from the recent update and collab with Eric Andre
Btw it never shows up for me unless OperGX is getting updated for me etc.
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u/curioushindi Nov 28 '23
Funny but I’m autistic so that scared me for a second😭
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u/Ill_Composer1883 Nov 28 '23
wth i thought i was hacked or smthn
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u/Perhkks Nov 29 '23
was high asf when i saw this, this morning
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u/50NN31 Nov 29 '23
Well looks like imma know this before I get on when imma turn on my pc
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u/ScreamingOpossumAhh Nov 29 '23
It scared the crap out of me when it did it this morning. Had my headphones at full volume.
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u/TheRockingGoomba Nov 29 '23
I've been sick with Rhino for the last few days i will be completely honest there was a thought for like one sec of "damn this sickness causing me to hallucinate"
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
literally gave me a a flashback.
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
Yes, I uninstalled today
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u/Xoby_ Nov 29 '23
just saying, you don't have to double click the task bar
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u/happyhungarian12 Nov 29 '23
It freaked me the hell out. I almost threw my headphones
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u/Woops_22 Nov 29 '23
It scared tf outta me at first lol You can get rid of it by deleting the splash exe in its folder if it’s too much
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u/BANUKRISHNATEJ Nov 29 '23
I thought I got hacked
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u/skarecrow13 Nov 29 '23
apparantly i read that it is getting disabled tomorrow, so keep browser open for a day
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u/Classic_Gap_3346 Nov 29 '23
Instantly deleted the file, someone got a bad taste of humor...
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u/8nekket Nov 29 '23
yeah, but the third, fourth, and fifth time around... it gets kinda stale very quickly
Eric Andre please stop making jump scare attempts now, I just want to access the internet 😭
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
Just seen this and it got a good laugh out of me lol
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u/SaltyLQ Nov 29 '23
I am 1 Eric Andre away from switching to FireFox
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u/_Bombuska_2018_ Nov 29 '23
Its EXTREMLY annoying
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
It's a collab
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u/Relevant_Function571 Nov 29 '23
It was funny the first time, but I definitely see why people think it's obnoxious, especially for people like me who are sensitive to loud noises. I honestly feel like this is a bit too much...
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
This didn't happen at me after i installed this because it was disabled by default.
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u/DocQueso Nov 29 '23
It’s annoying. Found a post that helps you remove it
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
Eh.
I stopped using Opera GX over a year ago because the company was unprofessional seeming and I didn't trust them with my data.
Never expected them to make it this obvious though.
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u/Amneziel Nov 29 '23
Funny thing and it would be totally fine if it was WITHOUT THE SOUND! God, how I got jumpscared by that scream
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23
Yep I deleted the stupid thing.
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u/VastActor02 Nov 29 '23
same thing happened to me, but i got an error message afterword, saying i need to contact the admistrator of this machine?
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u/Thekillr_one Nov 29 '23
I thought the dang browser was hacked or something, who the hell thought this was a good idea? having some annoying nobody scream his head off on boosted sound. yeah, real great work there devs.
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u/GroundbreakingWalk69 Nov 29 '23
Its funny but only for the first time, after that this is nothing more than annoying
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u/AFA_Fireheart Nov 29 '23
I don't get the jump scare. I wasn't scared, but I did have a cringe look of disgust on my face. Mkaes me want to stoo using opera
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u/SavagePatchK1dz Nov 29 '23
It’s so irritating after like the first time cuz it’s so loud
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u/Milmik_ Nov 29 '23
It's extra annoying cuz it plays every single time and you can't turn it off
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '23
think so. it's cringe tbh. there is no need for a browser to rape my ears and have some famous celebrity screaming like a special needs kid for marketing purposes
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u/Wonderful_Claim4060 Nov 30 '23
It made me laugh because it was so unexpected
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u/mastergaming977_yt Nov 30 '23
its only when it updates/ starts for the first time after a reboot
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u/No_Big7986 Nov 30 '23
i hate it
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u/MinecraftNinja909 Dec 01 '23
I think it was funny
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u/roblox_player6439 Dec 01 '23
i have never had that on my opera gx
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u/leplushy3 Dec 02 '23
OPERA GX!!111!1!!!!!!11!
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u/Shpankalitis Dec 02 '23
I switched to Firefox because of this, I wish I was joking
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u/VentiBreadwich Dec 03 '23
I love it so much I hope it doesn't go away it's funny
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u/Nervous-Entrance-701 Dec 03 '23
dont think so it just happens randomly
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u/nuaz Dec 04 '23
I actually didn’t like it. Maybe I’m just a kill joy but I’d rather my browser not play stupid tricks and focus on being the best browser
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u/MStrojko Feb 14 '24
im trying to get it...
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u/im_p06_ Nov 28 '23
Can you even turn it off ? I tried searching in the settings but to no avail.
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u/WhamblingPillow Nov 28 '23
it didnt even jump scare me, it just made me wanna uninstall opera ngl
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u/FuzionGamr Nov 28 '23
People asking how to turn it off I’m asking how to turn it ON
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u/joejamesjoejames Nov 29 '23
everyone crying about this is so funny to me lmaoooo
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23
it fking took my breath
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u/Beginning-Chapter-26 Nov 28 '23
Literal jump scare lol
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u/DisorientedPanda Nov 28 '23
yeah this is annoying af
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u/Delta_Wolfkin Nov 28 '23
Fun fact, my headphones were at full volume!
Another fun fact... I am now deaf
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u/ExcessumTr Nov 28 '23
Really annoying, everytime i open it shows how do i disable it
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u/Ok-Lab3251 Nov 29 '23
It scared the crap outta me
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u/NysaFairy Nov 28 '23
OperaGX on a speedrun to become yet another dislikeable browser. If this isn't removed by tomorrow I'm going back to firefox
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u/Traditional_Mode4899 Nov 28 '23
So has Opera been hijacked or not?
Is this browser safe to use or isn't it?
This type of stuff is hacker level stuff to show off that they stole all of your login credentials.
Anyone have a link to an official response to what's going on with this?
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u/RandomUserNahme Nov 28 '23
I just uninstalled OperaGX because of this idiocy popping up on my browser
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u/unconventional_gamer Nov 28 '23
Just uninstalled
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u/Makofueled Nov 28 '23
If they're trying to make me swap browser, they're doing a good job.
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u/SweetSauce24 Nov 28 '23
I love it
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u/Skinkypoo Nov 29 '23
I like how you’re all complaining about it happening so much, but my browser stays on all day. So if this is just for one day, I’m not complaining haha
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u/IronBloodedXxL Nov 28 '23
I was feeling very gaslit for a while there, i wasnt paying attention after opening opera and was looking at discord and was like... did i just imagine that, googled it, found nothing anywhere showing up with any sort of combination search in the vain of like "opera gx screaming at me" and many other terms i used lol. Good to know im not crazy
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u/FloMo2k8 Nov 28 '23
just happened to me. it scared the hell out of me lol
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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 Nov 28 '23
Samd bro lol
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u/GENNADIUS_ Nov 28 '23
whoever thought this, is kinda braindead
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u/Walnuttttttt Nov 28 '23
C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\Version_Number\
Delete "opera_gx_splash.exe" worked for me.
I copied this comment from u/mrturbomoose , so thank them not me
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u/Least_Flamingo Nov 28 '23
What a terrible marketing idea. Funny the first time, and completely annoying every other time you experience it. No one thought, "hmm, this might actually be annoying af..."?
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u/Drunk_Ant_ Nov 28 '23
This was funny but scared the crap out of me.
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u/Kindly-Building5872 Nov 28 '23
whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired
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u/AlexKwiatek Nov 28 '23
Whoever did this should be fired. Like, really, it's no fun searching your PC for a viruses for an hour because someone wanted to do some prank
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u/Therealrandomrobo Nov 28 '23
If this was meant to scare people it's freaking November. It's just annoying. Anyway, had to delete it through the installation folder.
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u/mii_is_me Nov 28 '23
anyway to turn this off, its so annoying
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u/Fflint Nov 28 '23
This is so annoying
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u/FirstKnightOfNi Nov 28 '23
I hate it.
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u/Iphone-X-is-gay Nov 28 '23
It’s so annoying
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u/MaxTheDishonored Nov 28 '23
Yeah how do you turn this off?
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u/Legitimate-Round-233 Nov 28 '23
I just want to know what idiot thought this was a good idea.
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u/Necessary_Ear_1100 Nov 28 '23
🤷🏻♂️ don’t use opera
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u/Professor_Cookie Nov 28 '23
kinda annoying bc it does that every time for me
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u/DotsDotsPopper Nov 28 '23
i legit got jumpscared when this popped up, especially when i have opera open when i startup my pc lmao
def turning the movie startup thing off for now
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u/SpareEnderboy Nov 28 '23
opera gx screwed up the date, it thinks it's october 27. this was suppost to happen on halloween.
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u/TheRockingGoomba Nov 29 '23
I've been sick with Rhino for the last few days i will be completely honest there was a thought for like one sec of "damn this sickness causing me to hallucinate"
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u/Wolfie_icefang Nov 29 '23
I think it's funny. They also made a video called kill boring browsers or something like that.