Feedback from a very angry user
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kiwhen last edited by leocg
As a web developer, I like to check my work to see if it is okay in all major browsers, which until today included Opera. I have now uninstalled it, and I will never, ever remotely consider installing it again. Opera is now dead to me, and here's why:
Right out from the gate, I have asked it to not start when I turn on my computer. Opera ignores this. I have manually disabled the Opera service in Windows to prevent it from starting by itself. Opera ignores this, and starts anyway. I can see it running in the quick launch menu. Then the pandemic hit, and Opera started providing Popup Ads for coronavirus awareness. Popup Ads. What. The. Actual. Heck. They show up in the bottom right corner every once in a while. Who thought this was a good idea? A browser that spams its users with ads. Fantastic work, guys.
So this is bad. Very bad. But we're not done. No sir!
Today, Opera decided to get a bit more hands-on with me. Boot up the computer as normal, and Opera starts along side it, even though I have explicitly told it not to. Get that popup ad for some coronavirus. Heck yes. And then! Opera pins itself on my taskbar and adds itself as a desktop shortcut. No questions, it's just there now.
You are now officially more intrusive and more annoying than that god damned "Microsoft" service rep who keeps calling me at 3am. If I want to use Opera, I will start Opera myself. If I want an app on my desktop, I will put it there myself. If I want an app pinned to my taskbar, guess what? I Will Pin It Mylsef. If I want Popup Ads On My Desktop, I will go and install a computer virus. Oh wait, I guess I already have, huh.
I can't wait for you to go bankrupt. And I hope, when the last worker has to be laied off, you will know exactly what you did wrong.
(Read fast, this one will be deleted by moderators in about 5 minutes, I reckon.)
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@leocg said in Feedback from a very angry user:
@kiwhen Opera doesn't start when you turn on your computer, unless you have manually and deliberately set up your Windows preferences for that to happen.
I always check my installers to prevent this behaviour, and like I said, I have also disabled the service itself. It still starts alongside Windows, and there is nothing I can do to stop it. Apart from uninstalling, obviously. If it is possible to stop it, which I very much doubt, it is way to difficult to do for any normal user. I have never had issues with preventing such behaviour from any other apps. I have even managed to kill the Xbox gaming service, and for anyone who has ever tried to do that - this should tell you something.
@leocg said in Feedback from a very angry user:
@kiwhen Never saw any ads pop-up from Opera in my desktop. Make sute that it isn't coming from a site or extension, as a notification. Also check your system for malwares.
I have never ever enabled any notifications or extensions. I don't allow desktop notifications in any browser. It is a white box in the lower right corner with a big, honking Opera logo on it. All the links in the ad goes to official Opera websites. Either Opera is doing this, or Opera has made actual malware. Or someone, for some reason, are making malware that looks exactly like Opera ads for coronavirus awareness. What seems more likely?
@leocg said in Feedback from a very angry user:
@kiwhen Regarding Opera be pinned on the taskbar, a tip: When a software installer give you options, click to see what they are.
Yesterday I had nothing, today, Opera must have updated itself (after starting with Windows, without permission). There was no updater, no installer, nothing to choose or deselect. It was just there, suddenly, with no warning. Poof.
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