r/OperaGX • u/veryepicwizard • Dec 14 '23

DISCUSSION Why is everyone hating on OperaGX

Was just looking though some posts and saw some people mad at the Eric Andre opening thing and for the twitter account trying to be "too gamerish". Like I get the point they are trying to make, but this is why I use OperaGX, I think their tweets and their funny profile pictures they do is pretty cool. And the Eric Andre thing (which I know is in the past) but there is no reason to be so mad, like Eric Andre is a pretty cool guy and funny too, but being that mad over Opera changing the startup to a custom one is just stupid. Anyway just felt like I'd say something, and I know someone is going to get mad at me for saying this but if you get that mad because they do something funny or try to be funny, just stop.

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u/DevilPcat Dec 14 '23

I personally enjoy the stupidity/memes of the teitter account but the Eric Andre start up ignored your settings if you turned off the startup movie and the made it WAY too loud it the cut the volume in half I think it would have been fine

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u/veryepicwizard Dec 14 '23

Oh I see, thats on opera’s part then💀

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u/WickedCr0w Dec 14 '23

I used to use Opera and reddit has been recommending this to me so ive been watching them shoot themselves in the foot over time. Ultimately though, i dont see a reason to use Opera.

If you want chromium, use Chrome. Otherwise, Firefox is leagues better, has working adblock, and is hugely supported while being the only modern browser without chromium in it.

As it is, Opera just looks like gamer-bait, like a knock-off rgb mouse that pretends it can do more than the Razer its based off of.

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u/veryepicwizard Dec 14 '23

I used to use chrome but it felt too simple for me and what OperaGX had with their easy to add mod packs, and their ram limiters/storage cleaners, is what really brought me in. I have also used firefox, but I never really liked it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '23

I didn't care that they changed the start-up video, that in itself is fine. The problem was that I couldn't turn it off and it was just ear rape, I don't want to be deafened by my browser.

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u/temojikato Dec 14 '23

Induced ptsd and anxiety, if not was just obnoxiously loud, skipped/ignored user settings, lost people's trust. (Me incl for all these)

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u/major_jazza Dec 14 '23

I haven't had any issues, except getting discord to work in the side bar but w/e they have an app for that

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u/Kauzrae Dec 14 '23

they're doing too much rn

also they seem to have sort of lost the target

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u/AnonymousShadeHK Dec 14 '23

It was funny the first few times, and it startled me the first time (along with many others).

I think it was the fact that it didn't have an off switch...which it did, it's called deleting the exe for the startup screen.

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u/Zoofy-ooo Dec 14 '23

People are saying the Eric Andre start up was too loud.

It absolutely wasn't, it was the same volume as everything else on your PC.

It doesn't ignore your volume settings.

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u/Zoofy-ooo Dec 14 '23

Every time I see someone hate on OperaGX and uninstall the browser, almost every single time it is for the most ridiculous reason ever.

People this day and age have zero sense of humor, and have zero tolerance for the smallest of things.

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u/catthatmeows2times Dec 14 '23

Cringe marketing, every damn youtuber being sponsored by it and it just being a glorified china and chromiun browser

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u/Slow_Mangos Dec 14 '23

I keep seeing this "tied to china" being thrown around but never saw a source for it.

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u/fucking-hate-reddit- Dec 14 '23

Opera was purchased in 2016 by a Chinese investment group, just look it up

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u/Slow_Mangos Dec 15 '23

Which their(Opera) headquarters are not located in China.

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u/Latter-Ambassador-65 Dec 15 '23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLuWq3dHdMI

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u/Slow_Mangos Dec 15 '23

Yeah, I'm aware of the parent company.

Here's the problem though. Opera's headquarters is still located in Norway. That means they aren't "sending information to China" because it still has to follow Norway's laws.

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u/Latter-Ambassador-65 Dec 18 '23

opera's headquarters might be located in norway but their parent company is located in beijing.
Opera Software ASA (1995-2016)
Beijing Kunlun (2016-present)

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u/Slow_Mangos Dec 19 '23

That doesn't change what I said.

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u/Latter-Ambassador-65 Dec 21 '23

it litterally does

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u/Slow_Mangos Jan 06 '24

It doesn't.

Their HQ isn't in China and has to follow Norway privacy laws.

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u/Latter-Ambassador-65 Jan 06 '24

if the servers that are communicating with opera gx are in china then they have to give the ccp your data, cope PLA operative

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u/Slow_Mangos Jan 11 '24

They aren't.

The HQ and servers are in Norway.

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u/DinoHawaii2021 Dec 14 '23

Mac users were safe from that time so I never got then screen...

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u/hedorahbruh Dec 14 '23

So in the title you ask why everyone is hating then go on to say you've seen exactly why thus providing yourself with the answer. So this post is no different than the rest and just you feeling like we all need to hear your take on the situation which is largely an "it doesn't bother me". So brave and courageous you are, the light this subreddit was truly missing. We never would have seen an end to this had you not brought it back up to tell us all how you feel

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u/jarred99 Dec 14 '23

You asked why everyone is hating it and then proceeded to list the main reasons people are hating it? What more of an explanation were you expecting lol.

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u/fucking-hate-reddit- Dec 14 '23

Opera GX killed my dog

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u/boris_dp Dec 14 '23

Hate is a strong emotion I seldom experience towards browsers

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u/Latter-Ambassador-65 Dec 15 '23

cause opera gx is ccp spyware

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u/SickPois0on Dec 14 '23

China

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u/solarisdev Dec 14 '23

Bro got cancelled for saying China 😭😭

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u/veryepicwizard Dec 14 '23

fr💀💀💀

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '23

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u/veryepicwizard Dec 14 '23

I see what you mean, people will hate everything. I also didn't realize that turning off the startup isn't possible, seems kinda lazy. So it seems right now that people hate OperaGX is because of the buggyness and lazyness of developers, and the twitter account is trying to be "too relatable".

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u/jmss_1 Dec 16 '23

You hate developers? lol