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    • MikeDozer
      MikeDozer last edited by MikeDozer

      I have found solution. After you open that window there is menu button and there you can click "do not show this more" (or something like that, i have other language set).

      But it is certainly new app channel.

      You cant hide it from sidebar settings.

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      • pol2020
        pol2020 last edited by

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        How to disable THIS???
        This showed up after I hided sidebar icon
        Opera team it's really annoying ! Do you really want me to switch to different browser ?!

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        • newmangaka
          newmangaka last edited by

          What is this?
          how can I remove this?
          opera is clean

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          • avmon
            avmon last edited by

            I have the sidebar disabled but when I opened Opera today, I found a huge advertisement from Aliexpress on top of the Speed Dial tiles that I had to close. I've also seen that icon in the sidebar.

            What is the use of disabling all the advertising options in Opera settings if they keep inserting more and more ads that become annoying?

            This, the bugs and removing the useful button to open recently closed tabs makes me consider changing the default browser.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @newmangaka last edited by

              @newmangaka Probably some (partner) promotion.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by leocg

                Opera not only fails to block ads on webpages (which hasn't been fixed for months!), it actually Pushes their own ads right in the browser!

                This spam was added to speed dial without consent:

                2020-11-09_12-39-31.png

                This spam was added to sidebar and it cannot be turned off!:

                2020-11-09_12-41-30.png

                What's even more ridiculous, it shows on top of fullscreen content e.g. YouTube:

                2020-11-09_17-50-58.png

                Also the android version started adding spam to speed dial against the settings ("suggested spam" turned off)

                Are you guys out of your minds?! Looks like this really is Opera's downfall... Shame really, it used to be such a great browser.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @avmon last edited by

                  @avmon couldn't agree more!

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

                    @Lord-Blizzard Opera is slowly sliding down to a gutter forcefully pushing on our Desktops new c__p. Instead of asking us and/or adding two new items to Settings, Opera Team has created in previous releases few patches (embedded backdoor code) enabling itself to flood us or litter our browser with unwanted s__t.

                    Without our consent. Polish coders without Polish understanding of freedom. Bad news is developing...
                    👿 🤮

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                    • pol2020
                      pol2020 last edited by

                      Yeap after 10 years of using i've just uninstalled Opera Browser.
                      With Global market share about what... 2%? and Opera team made something like this !
                      Goodbye

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                      • herrpietrus
                        herrpietrus last edited by herrpietrus

                        I've tolerated some Speed Dial adverts, but that huge icon on the sidebar is too much. I'm really thinking about switching to Edge or Vivaldi... Do you know some good and safe speed dial extension? I don't need much more to be honest, all extensions I use are in Chrome Web Store...

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                            • Keepskite
                              Keepskite @herrpietrus last edited by

                              @herrpietrus Opera Speed Dial is what keeps me tied to Opera. The day someone comes up with a reasonable knock-off....

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                              • naheed
                                naheed last edited by

                                It is working fine with me. I haven't encountered any Aliexpress ads so far.
                                If you are facing some ads, then it may be a promotion.
                                You can close it manually, I think.

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @naheed last edited by

                                  @naheed Aliexpress app (via clicking icon with both LMB and RMB) cannot be removed or opened now. The first icon (from this thread) was changed to the next version:
                                  Unknown icon in sidebar/left side
                                  https://forums.opera.com/topic/44946/unknown-icon-in-sidebar-left-side

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                                  • naheed
                                    naheed @Guest last edited by

                                    @pavelopdev Then it should be removed. I hope developers will remove such type of Ads.
                                    I have seen various threads related to the same issue.
                                    Hope so, it will be solved soon.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User @naheed last edited by

                                      @naheed The big problem is not the unwanted ads. It's the method or the technical means applied which enables them to push to you ((subliminal or undetectable) and nefarious) activities.

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                                      • sgunhouse
                                        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                        So, did you figure out how to turn it off yet? At the top - next to the "x" to close the panel - you can see three dots aligned vertically. Click on that, choose "Don't show this again", done. Not an obvious place, but it is there.

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                                        • sgunhouse
                                          sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                          Follow up - Developer is a little strange in that regard. When it showed up there (a few minutes ago) I went ahead and did the same thing, but it was still visible until I restarted Opera. When I disabled it in Stable, the panel and icon vanished immediately.

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