Amazon for Opera
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A Former User last edited by leocg
I've been with opera nearly from the beginning. This installed itself on my browser while surfing at amazon, either through clickjacking or opera blatantly allowed it. Either way it's a crime!
Permissions
Read your browsing history
Display notifications
Manage your extensions <--and it can add more crap at will.
Avoid At All Costs, and get a better browser, preferably an actual opensource one endorsed by the FSF. Icecat and Librewolf are high on my list at the moment. -
A Former User last edited by
Opera is ruined.
I used to love Opera, but nowadays it just forces more and more useless features on you without respecting your privacy.
This bs extension installed itself on my browser today. An icon pops up from no where, with no consent from me. And worst of all, it doesn't show up in my extension list so cannot be uninstalled, and I'm not even sure if it is fully installed as it never pops up anything. Just an icon, hanging there and cannot be removed.
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A Former User last edited by
@saswata450 There is no need to download it, it installs itself without asking for permission.
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A Former User last edited by
Same as the other people - I have two user profiles on Opera, one of them for work. Useless Amazon toolbar installed itself onto my work profile somehow (pretty certain I never asked it to), can't remove it, can't find any trace of it in my C:\ drive, doesn't show up in Extensions list, doesn't show up in Add or Remove Programs. Awesome job Opera. I really do thank you for your hard work and efforts.
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muneeb1234 last edited by muneeb1234
@isabella11 said:
I am using this extension and works great from my side. I don't know why people say it's not working but I've downloaded this from opera and using it since a month. No problem at all as I am amazon assistant it really helps me. I've also download WhatsApp from it also works fine. You can also download it from here: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/whatsapp-in-opera/
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Youkita last edited by
@arklos Same thing happened to me. The Amazon button appeared on my toolbar but it wasn't in my list of extensions. I never installed it personally. I unpinned it but don't like the idea of items being added without my consent.
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A Former User last edited by
@youkita it's sorta dumb. I actually had difficulty getting it completely off (the toolbar), and had to resort to installing it and then uninstalling it. Then it finally went away.
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WhoWantsAnOperaUsername last edited by
Hate it, don't want it, didn't install it. I might just stop using Opera if I can't get rid of it.
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A Former User last edited by
The way to get rid of the pre-installed version which has no remove option is to install this proper extension, then remove it. Should get rid of both. I love Opera and I love amazon, but I dont want them connected.
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Youkita last edited by
This shit sucks. It auto-installs and can't be removed. On top of that whenever it appears. It goes right on top of my most important extension button and then I can't use the other extension because the Amazon extension is blocking being able to click on it. Apparently, I need to just move my other extensions around so the Amazon blocks one I don't need to click on. This is garbage
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A Former User last edited by
@youkita Did you try installing and then uninstalling? (that's what worked for me)
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g323515 last edited by
It didn't disapear even when installing this addon and then uninstalling it again.
All that happened for me was that I then had 2 amazon assistants for a while.
so went into
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera GX\76.0.4017.208\resources
Deleted the promo thingy and then the bloatware was gone for me(Granted I still have this addon installed with the only permission to change the page no.page.existshere
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A Former User last edited by
Got installed automatically without even request for my permission. That's really disappointing, Opera Team. There should be other ways to monetise such popular browser.
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nateritter last edited by
Auto-installing this by default makes me want to leave this browser forever. This is reminiscent of old skool IE days and practices.
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A Former User last edited by leocg
The only reason I installed Opera is because of it's performance over Google Chrome way back then. There's plenty of good browsers that does the job nowadays. Sh*t like this make me want to look elsewhere
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