Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

i have been seeing these comments for a while all over the internet . Is Opera Own by a Chinese company ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @Guest last edited by

@thegeneral Opera is a Norwegian company owned by a Chinese group.

[thomasmca]

thomasmca last edited by

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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @thomasmca last edited by

@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.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg This second part of your statement i had always known , but my question is can opera still be trusted as a browser ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @Guest last edited by

@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.

[thomasmca]

thomasmca last edited by

@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?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg forgot to ask which company that spilt up does the development of opera browser

[A Former User]

A Former User @thomasmca last edited by

@thomasmca that is why i ask cause recently i have heard reports of the now ceo in some trouble of fraud

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @Guest last edited by

@thegeneral The company is still called Opera.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator last edited by

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.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

okay