Very questionable new ads

[tm2017]

tm2017 last edited by

Annoying as the full screen ads are, so far I am sort of tolerating them since they are not trying to be anything else than (annoying) ads shown at my face.

But today they went to the next level so to speak, and I got the ad shown below.
I think these "your computer/phone/etc is infected, click HERE to fix it asap" type ads are one of the lowest ones, trying to scare people installing/downloading something they otherwise wouldn't do.

If Opera must shows ads to users, ignoring the built-in ads block settings, I hope they at least filter out the sleaziest ones.

[jackob11]

jackob11 last edited by @tm2017

@tm2017
Day by day, Opera Mini becomes a true piece of shit. That's why I decide myself to abandon Opera Mini & using both Google Chrome & UC Browser.
Day by day, Opera Mini becomes more & more problematic

[kubito]

kubito last edited by

I'm very dissapointed with this ads

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by

I think you can use the ' Report a problem' option in Opera Mini to report ads that you find inappropriate or offensive.

[aonozan]

aonozan last edited by @jackob11

@jackob11 UC Browser is full of all kinds of ads and Chrome is slow.

[jackob11]

jackob11 last edited by

Opera is nothing else but loses their market share. Just because users get annoyed with Opera & behind the annoyance Opera developers disappoints users by creating more & more problems rather than they fix problems and any improvements.
I also get annoyed & try to find alternative to abandon poor Opera.
Alas!!! One of the greatest company now becomes bullshit.
Market share reference (from StatCounter):-
http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/worldwide/%23monthly-201709-201709-bar

[sandroklostermann]

sandroklostermann last edited by

I wanted to use Opera Mini. But the new full screen ads when we open the app are unbearable.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

As a workaround you may try AdGuard and / or AdAway (Root + F-Droid needed).

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[matrixclean]

matrixclean last edited by

oh yeah

[jaron]

jaron last edited by

I'm running v29 of Opera Mini downloaded from APKmirror. No more fullscreen ads.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User @jackob11

@jackob11 said in Very questionable new ads:

@tm2017
Day by day, Opera Mini becomes a true piece of shit. That's why I decide myself to abandon Opera Mini & using both Google Chrome & UC Browser.
Day by day, Opera Mini becomes more & more problematic

If you think that Mini has gone so bad you should see Opera for Android (6 months release cycle for updating Chromium to 2 versions behind the actual, AND broken) They 're slowly pulling the plug, just how they did with Coast, Max and Opera Turbo.

[sandroklostermann]

sandroklostermann last edited by

Hey guys.
Full screen ads are against Google Play rules.
I've used the link below to denounce it to Google:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/contact/takedown
I hope they will force Opera to do the right thing.