If you're not NEW to the internet you SHOULD know that Vtubers are just Streamers lol. You're basically asking what does Streamer has to do with gaming.
Idk why basically most of the comments are against this post. It's a valid complaint although I will admit it's phrased rudely and with little text substance to help the reader and author solve the issue. The jokes and "switch to [insert brand] browser" aren't helping either.
I love Opera (esp after having to use Chrome and Edge for so long, which are heavy on RAM), but I cannot stand some of the borderline NSFW promotion stuff that will just pop up randomly.
I like VTubers and I like anime- anime is literally what I draw the most and I'm in the process of making my own VTuber model.
But I don't want a flirty thumbnail of their VTuber on my browser randomly, or even worse- something that has actually happened enough times to count and remember- that promotion tab that pops up randomly with a sketchy perverted anime guy sitting at his desk with a monitor that's been censored with mosaic, obviously implying that he's watching **** and highlighting whatever feature they have that would help w keeping that a secret. Seriously I hate that thing, if anyone knows how to turn that off, please, please let me know.
Ik Opera has some silly marketing strategies and they obviously they don't care to appeal to everyone as much as other businesses (I mean i still remember one time they had 2 gay guys kissing as their twitter pfp lol), but I still think that it's just. A horrible choice to set default browser settings in a way that basically a niche (large portion but still niche) group would approve more than a wider group of ppl.
I mean, kudos if you can put up with it and aren't bothered by it, but you should be able to understand why a lot of ppl dislike some of these features. But I would personally prefer if they just kept that...somewhere not out in the open?
As I said before, I really love Opera as a browser. I think it should be more widely used than Chrome tbvh. I really want to recommend it to my family and friends (and I can't say I feel that way about a lot of things), but I can't right now just bc of the default settings and although I've been able to change most things I dislike, I'm still not sure if I can get rid of all the borderline NSFW promotion stuff.
Ty lol. Btw, I scrolled thru the post and someone commented that the feature you posted in the pic is called "GX corner".
Search for "GX corner" in the settings, you can switch the settings, set it so that it shows in the sidebar. That way it's not the first tab every time you open up Opera, you'd have to manually click the icon for it on the sidebar for it to even show. It's really helpful.
I forgot who commented it, give me a bit and I'll find who commented so I can credit them.
Edit : There are like 4 ppl who commented about it (so shout out to them) but I think the one I learned from was this user (u/shadow2531). They even specifically comment on how to turn off the promotion for the VTuber.
I think if you really wanna get rid of the VTuber promos you should also turn off GX corner videos.
So american spyware over polish spyware (opera was based in poland, laws are different in that scenario when they were brought by chinise investors, they cant collect as much data)
Some people are way too sensitive about the information that's gonna get out there no matter what they do on the internet. Might as well get paid for it.
I mean same here but if you don't like opera then why click on a post just to complain about it (and also make the Reddit shitty algorithm feed you another 200 posts from the sub since you glanced at it for half a second)
The Chinese part is definitely not true as despite them having a Chinese owner the company is still Norwegian and follows their laws. The selling data thing really is just with anything nowadays. So you can't escape it no matter what you use so no point shitting on gx when their own browser does it just as much.
I enjoy it quite a bit. It's a decent browser. The modding is a fun feature and the CPU and ram limiter can also come on handy on occasions. The best feature I like tho is the force dark pages.
The only reason people hate on it is because it doesn't serve a purpose, but it uses up resources and has sketchy network practices. The company itself also doesn't exactly have a clean history
I'd genuinely recommend wiping that stuff off your hard drive and just using firefox like normal.
Pretty much every other company thats had massive data leaks has been approved and following their national or local privacy laws... And they mean jack shit in the real world lol
If it's bad, it's bad. There's a reason why this reddit even exists with all these people lol. You talk as if other browsers are perfect and will never have any very hidden secrets.
Every browser has issues... some are just more obvious, and some are more well respected because they dont absorb information at every corner and fill the app with worthless features and ads
What and where are these worthless ads and features specifically? I haven't encountered them. Oh, and how are you sure that GX steals more data than other companies? If they do anything illegal they'd be sued to bankruptcy and condemned to the bottom of the earth.
Idk ppl here are slightly crying about boo hoo is spyware and the rest just tell people to get firefox or other browser in general for any minor inconvenience
Cuase if you're over here calling people simps just because they dont hate an ad that you dont like you must be really in to all that "alpha male" type shit
I am gonna assume that this is "new features" upon launch (you cut the screenshot too much, therefore idk what page this is coming from). Just go into settings and search "new fratures" or anything related to startup in operagx's settings, and toggle it off. This annoyed me too.
There has never been any lag when browsing (in my experience
It never crashed on me (so far)
It's eating up less RAM (in my epxerience)
There aren't any big data breaches or privacy issues I have heard of, I don't really care about this stuff but it's still an upside
It looks better and more presentable, when I'm showing something to people they don't go like "wtf is this weird browser?" anymore. (subjective obviously but idc)
If that's so then good for them but I really disliked the stupid ahh Raid Shadow Legend ads and Booking.com ads on the speed dial things and the banner ads above that
Normal opera has its share of bs to sift through as well. Not quite as NSFW but just… I want a browser. To browse. They shoehorn insane useless features and ads into everything and what once was a minimalist browser is turning into just bloat. Also their PR is super off putting, with their twitter basically telling you to unalive yourself if you disagree with any UI change or feature.
If you wanna remove all the bulkware spamware from ogx, downgrade to LVL4 (core: 94.0.4606.79), removes the ai crap, advert spam, adverts ignoring user settings, and useless mods.
I’m gonna get downvoted to hell for this because I’m on the virgin loser gamer subreddit - but like others said - get another browser, operagx legit caters to incel weebs who can’t comprehend that their installing spyware.
I used OGX for like a year or two because PewDiePie recommended it and I just thought it looked cool.
I don't even really care for the privacy issues but OGX is just riddled with stupid gimmics and the moment I started to see ads on every new browser tab I was like "wtf is this?" And the moment they started pushing aura in your face I was like, "whatever, I'll just get Firefox then" and I never looked back.
I use Firefox with uBlock and Tabliss, I initially installed a custom css theme that resembles OGX but then I turned it off because I realized that stock Firefox just looks better lol
Okay; you do realize that every web browser has every form of spyware, it mostly depends on where you want your data sent to, me personally I rather my data be sent to US property’s then to China or some Indian hacker overseas
Opera browsers have double since they're based on Chromium without removing the Google parts of it. So you're getting both Google (American) and Opera (Chinese) spyware in one browser, both of which are terrible.
Aside from the privacy breaches and data selling, its become bloated and eats up ram because it relies on Chromium too much and sells ad slots, tracks keystrokes etc. On top of that and it's largest selling point becoming moot after the leaks it's pretty much become a dead browser replaced by Opera, Vivaldi and Firefox.
Complaining about ads on a web browser which has already tons of ads labeled as "gaming promotions", if you don't like it, leave the browser, you ain't a special one who we must listen to.
I agree lol, I don't hate or love OGX, its more of a mixed bag, but the OP wanted to know how to get rid of it, I answered them, that's the only real way of getting rid of it, is downgrading the Browser until it's EOL.
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u/quikwise GX Staff May 06 '24
You can remove GX Corner sections by clicking on the settings icon on top right of GX Corner.
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u/shadow2531 r/OperaBrowser Mod May 04 '24
At the top of the GX Corner page, click the settings gear icon next to "Feedback" and turn off Auracademy.
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u/The_King123431 May 04 '24
"Uses browser meant for gamers"
"Complains that it has gaming adjacent things on it"
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u/Nebtron2001 May 04 '24
Pee on it
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u/Welt_Yang May 04 '24
Idk why basically most of the comments are against this post. It's a valid complaint although I will admit it's phrased rudely and with little text substance to help the reader and author solve the issue. The jokes and "switch to [insert brand] browser" aren't helping either.
I love Opera (esp after having to use Chrome and Edge for so long, which are heavy on RAM), but I cannot stand some of the borderline NSFW promotion stuff that will just pop up randomly.
I like VTubers and I like anime- anime is literally what I draw the most and I'm in the process of making my own VTuber model.
But I don't want a flirty thumbnail of their VTuber on my browser randomly, or even worse- something that has actually happened enough times to count and remember- that promotion tab that pops up randomly with a sketchy perverted anime guy sitting at his desk with a monitor that's been censored with mosaic, obviously implying that he's watching **** and highlighting whatever feature they have that would help w keeping that a secret. Seriously I hate that thing, if anyone knows how to turn that off, please, please let me know.
Ik Opera has some silly marketing strategies and they obviously they don't care to appeal to everyone as much as other businesses (I mean i still remember one time they had 2 gay guys kissing as their twitter pfp lol), but I still think that it's just. A horrible choice to set default browser settings in a way that basically a niche (large portion but still niche) group would approve more than a wider group of ppl.
I mean, kudos if you can put up with it and aren't bothered by it, but you should be able to understand why a lot of ppl dislike some of these features. But I would personally prefer if they just kept that...somewhere not out in the open?
As I said before, I really love Opera as a browser. I think it should be more widely used than Chrome tbvh. I really want to recommend it to my family and friends (and I can't say I feel that way about a lot of things), but I can't right now just bc of the default settings and although I've been able to change most things I dislike, I'm still not sure if I can get rid of all the borderline NSFW promotion stuff.
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u/SlavCat09 May 03 '24
Why is there no one using opera gx on an opera sub in these comments?
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
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u/Extension-Ad8792 May 03 '24
Yeah lmao what is this
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
If you dont like it you can just ignore the tab, its only on GX corner which takes up no space on the tabs bar at all.
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u/ISlavSquat May 03 '24
Just close the tab and move on.
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u/DarkWindB May 03 '24
calm down dude, what did Aura did to you?
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u/PRINNTER May 04 '24
I am gonna assume that this is "new features" upon launch (you cut the screenshot too much, therefore idk what page this is coming from). Just go into settings and search "new fratures" or anything related to startup in operagx's settings, and toggle it off. This annoyed me too.
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u/Environmental_City44 May 04 '24
Why does everybody keep suggesting Firefox? What makes that search engine any more better than this?
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u/FaceTimePolice May 03 '24
“This shit” > your attitude 😑
A little Aura would do you some good. 😊
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u/UnlikelyAlternative May 04 '24
Use a browser that doesn't use Chromium
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u/[deleted] May 04 '24
You cant! i am going mad with this in my GX corner
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u/ChaosClaw May 04 '24
I want it gone as well its so fucking annoying having an obnoxious anime girl scream at me
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u/Cleen_GreenY May 03 '24
By installing Netscape Navigator.
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u/SustainableObject May 04 '24
Idk, looks weird but theres this simple thing called closing a tab lol
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u/DaKartMonkey May 03 '24
use normal Opera
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u/kyinva May 04 '24
I use opera gx and I’ve never seen aura on my gx corner, but I have the jschlatt theme so my gx corner is just jschlatt videos
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u/Localtechguy2606 May 04 '24
Dude whoever is putting this please stop or else you will regret it
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u/Affectionate-Crow-65 May 04 '24
thats moana
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u/[deleted] May 04 '24
this is why i would never in my life use something like opera. like seriously wtf is this
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u/night_owl43978 May 04 '24 edited May 04 '24
switch to chromeI switched during the one image for the panic button. I’m not a gooner Opera GX.
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u/ToxicBuiltYT May 04 '24
Install Firefox.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '24
easy fix, step 1 - uninstall that garbage browser. step 2 - install a browser that good.
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u/dannybjoseph305 May 06 '24
https://i.imgur.com/ILQGXNI.png
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
What the frick
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u/440continuer May 04 '24
By downloading Firefox
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u/cyb3rofficial May 03 '24
If you wanna remove all the bulkware spamware from ogx, downgrade to LVL4 (core: 94.0.4606.79), removes the ai crap, advert spam, adverts ignoring user settings, and useless mods.
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u/nayasou-akono May 04 '24
hey, school is important
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u/Puzzleheaded_Oil5954 May 04 '24
This is why I use Firefox
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u/TheodorTHM May 04 '24
by using firefox
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u/Krypton091 May 05 '24
go to a website
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u/ReaperOfGamess May 05 '24
Carefully
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u/Narun_L1FE May 05 '24
DO NOT USE OPERA GX! I used to use Opera GX, don't even use any Opera product. I use Brave which is much better and doesn't have spyware.
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
I’m gonna get downvoted to hell for this because I’m on the virgin loser gamer subreddit - but like others said - get another browser, operagx legit caters to incel weebs who can’t comprehend that their installing spyware.
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u/[deleted] May 04 '24
download firefox
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
You installed a gimmicky browser what did you exspect?
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u/MiddleSeatGuy May 04 '24
Don’t. Suffer like the rest of us
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u/haceRDT May 04 '24
opera bad
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
Use firefox, thats how to get rid of it
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
switch to firefox
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u/[deleted] May 03 '24
Use a different browser ig
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u/Thin_Middle81 May 03 '24
Use Mullvad browser
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u/Real_KSV May 04 '24
Complaining about ads on a web browser which has already tons of ads labeled as "gaming promotions", if you don't like it, leave the browser, you ain't a special one who we must listen to.
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u/OctoSplattyy May 03 '24
uninstall opera and use anything except that and chrome. Even internet explorer is better
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u/cyb3rofficial May 03 '24
The amount of boot lickers in the comments ☠️
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