▲ 1052 ▼ Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX (www.spacebar.news) submitted 2 years ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world 300 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Fades@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) imagine buying a web browser permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] butterflyattack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Netscape navigator was free on CDs! permalink fedilink source parent [–] viking@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago You bought the ad-free version, they had a small banner on top. And of course there were key generators and such, back in the days there wasn't any online key validation. Or you could kill the banner with a local proxy. Still, I actually wanted to support the development, just like I donate to good FOSS software now, or buy android apps to remove ads although I'm already killing them all with adaway on a rooted phone. Sure, there were free browsers out there, but back then Opera was really way ahead of the bell curve. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] butterflyattack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Netscape navigator was free on CDs! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago You bought the ad-free version, they had a small banner on top. And of course there were key generators and such, back in the days there wasn't any online key validation. Or you could kill the banner with a local proxy. Still, I actually wanted to support the development, just like I donate to good FOSS software now, or buy android apps to remove ads although I'm already killing them all with adaway on a rooted phone. Sure, there were free browsers out there, but back then Opera was really way ahead of the bell curve. permalink fedilink source parent