Has Opera Turbo been killed?
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A Former User last edited by
@burnout426 said in Has Opera Turbo been killed?:
Yep, it's gone.
But, I could use Opera Turbo on Yandex Browser.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@korobushka123 I just meant that it's gone from Opera's browser at least.
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A Former User last edited by
I was hoping it was a temporary thing, instead Opera Turbo was really eliminated, I am very disappointed because it was the main reason, even if it turned out to be better for several other things, so for a couple of years I use it in place of Chrome. Opera Turbo, especially for those who have a consumer connection, was an essential function, one of those that should never be touched, so I don't understand the logic behind this decision.
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blackbird71 last edited by@crisalide said in Has Opera Turbo been killed?:
... Opera Turbo, especially for those who have a consumer connection, was an essential function, one of those that should never be touched, so I don't understand the logic behind this decision.
I'm not an Opera employee, but my best guess is it was a business cost decision, perhaps accelerated by the recent Opera ownership change. Turbo was not a strictly browser-code feature as much as it was a proxy-like filter residing on servers operated by Opera (which compressed the data coming back from a visited website - especially images - thereby reducing the data package size going to the user). So two cost-reduction possibilities present themselves: either it was becoming too expensive to maintain the Turbo browser code in light of the continual chromium engine updates or/and it was becoming too expensive (or bandwidth-competitive) to maintain the proxy-like server network. My personal guess is the latter to be more likely contributor.
