Opera Browser is owned by a Chinese company
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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 ?
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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 Moderator Volunteer 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.
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A Former User 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 ?
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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?
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A Former User last edited by
@leocg forgot to ask which company that spilt up does the development of opera browser
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A Former User last edited by
@thomasmca that is why i ask cause recently i have heard reports of the now ceo in some trouble of fraud
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neoseo last edited by leocg
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.
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kanikavatsyayan last edited byAs 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.
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neoseo last edited by
@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
