Why can't Opera go free and open source

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Why can't Opera become a free and open source browser, like Firefox, Chromium etc?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

Opera is free.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

And since it's based on Chromium, it's partially open sourced.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Yes I know it is partially open source, but making Opera open source makes me trust the browser. How do I know that the developers did not put some kind of code that can spy on users?