<![CDATA[Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company]]>i have been seeing these comments for a while all over the internet . Is Opera Own by a Chinese company ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/37155/opera-browser-is-owned-by-a-chinese-companyRSS for NodeTue, 06 Oct 2026 23:07:57 GMTSun, 15 Dec 2019 21:49:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:23:17 GMT]]>@kanikavatsyayan Well, that is pretty dumb to ask for the same info that is freely available on Wikipedia.

Opera is traded as OPRA on Nasdaq. You can look at the last financials here: https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/opera-limited-announces-second-quarter-2021-financial-results-revenue-growth-exceeds

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261633https://forums.opera.com/post/261633Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:23:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:43:38 GMT]]>As per the information available on the web, Opera is a Norwegian technology brand, established back in 1995 in Oslo, Norway. The brand is not Chinese and specializes in web browsers, Fintech products, YoYo Games, etc.

However, Opera browser is presently owned by a Chinese consortium but originally it is a European company.

I would love to have more insights on this, just in case, I have incorrect information.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261631https://forums.opera.com/post/261631Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:43:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Thu, 09 Sep 2021 02:59:26 GMT]]>I would like to know if anyone anywhere has ever found any privacy violation by Opera?

  • tracking user urls?
  • tracking user searches?
  • sending any private data (other than required by Sync and News services enabled by the user)
  • tracking other than telemetry crash data.

It just seems so disingenuous for anyone to attack Opera with Zero evidence.

Opera has more competitors now than it did 10 years ago. There are a dozen competing browsers out there now. That is a dozen companies with proactive social media people to spread FUD.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261594https://forums.opera.com/post/261594Thu, 09 Sep 2021 02:59:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:32:07 GMT]]>okay

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199259https://forums.opera.com/post/199259Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:32:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:10:18 GMT]]>Opera Software is still in Norway and has to obey all applicable Norwegian privacy laws, which are quite strict. Regardless of who gets the profits from it. If that is what you're concerned about (privacy), it should be safe.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199254https://forums.opera.com/post/199254Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:10:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 05:05:04 GMT]]>@thegeneral The company is still called Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199245https://forums.opera.com/post/199245Sun, 16 Feb 2020 05:05:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:42:38 GMT]]>@thomasmca that is why i ask cause recently i have heard reports of the now ceo in some trouble of fraud

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199243https://forums.opera.com/post/199243Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:42:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:41:12 GMT]]>@leocg forgot to ask which company that spilt up does the development of opera browser

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199242https://forums.opera.com/post/199242Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:41:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:28:36 GMT]]>@leocg I was just quoting Wikipedia. Now you know why many universities do not allow Wikipedia as a reference on college papers!

@thegeneral China has proven that they cannot be trusted, and the company that owns Opera has a history of morally questionable activities unrelated to computer software. Need I say more?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199240https://forums.opera.com/post/199240Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:28:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:10:27 GMT]]>@thegeneral Only you can answer if you trust someone or something, since it's 100% personal.

If you are asking if I still trust Opera, then the answer is yes.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199239https://forums.opera.com/post/199239Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:10:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:40:56 GMT]]>@leocg This second part of your statement i had always known , but my question is can opera still be trusted as a browser ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199237https://forums.opera.com/post/199237Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:08:51 GMT]]>@thomasmca Not exactly correct. Otello was created after Opera have been sold to the Chinese group. In fact it is the new name of the part of Opera that wasn't sold to the group.

At first they tried to sell the whole company but that attempt was blocked by some anti-trusting agencies. So they decided to split Opera into two companies: one covering the browser development and the consumer business and other covering the rest and sell only the first one.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199230https://forums.opera.com/post/199230Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:23:38 GMT]]>According to Wikipedia:

Opera Software AS is a Norwegian software company, primarily known for its desktop Opera web browser, and its mobile counterpart Opera Mini.
 
The company changed ownership when Otello (at the time, Opera Software ASA) sold its web-browser and consumer businesses along with the Opera brand to a Chinese group of investors in 2016, with the deal completing in November of that year.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/199227https://forums.opera.com/post/199227Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:23:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company on Sun, 15 Dec 2019 23:58:51 GMT]]>@thegeneral Opera is a Norwegian company owned by a Chinese group.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/192592https://forums.opera.com/post/192592Sun, 15 Dec 2019 23:58:51 GMT