I ask myself, what's the point in having user settings to stop unwanted additions to the browser.

I believe we should all suggest that as we adapt user settings to meet our own individual needs, we should not then have spam littering the start page.

I use the Speed Dial as my online desktop, I filled it with icons in a neat square grid, arrayed them on the page according to where I wanted them, so some categories on the left some on the right etc. Then locked it all in place nice and neat.

I hate hate hate the fact that when Opera updates it adds Amazon and other companies I don't like to visit to my Speed Dial, to be 'helpful'. What really got my goat about it is that some of my own icons were essentially lost to make room. I got them back easily enough but how dare they. Replacing a users links to an other links scroll folder at the bottom to replace with adspam. It feels like this:

Opera: "Hello user, know the sites you go to, well your betters at Opera suggest you dont waste time on them and go to these sites instead."
Me: Sound of steam rising from ears.

The only icons on it should be ones I place there, no other, no when, no how. The Disney + also disrupted in a similar way, it pusehed my wanted icons down the screen and cereated a scrollbar. I dont want to view my icons with a scrolbar, I organised the priority ones in a 7x5 grid and want them EXACTLY where they are.

I felt my post was important for Opera devs, hence the reason I didn't place it under this thread.
My post was slightly different to others, so now it only gets lost in all the rest.

I will therefore be blunt on this rare occasion, please stop the Disney spam on the start page, as it isn't appreciated by this long time user (since series 3)!

Unless Opera has a full-time [official] employee reading all posts (which I doubt), what's the point in posting.

I loath, hate, and detest spam, and I sincerely trust Opera devs take notice, as many Opera users feel the same, and if this is how Opera now behaves, the settings menu is effectively rendered meaningless.

As my post was moved without reason, I repeat (for Opera devs):
So how do I know the Disney popup is virus free?
Answer: I don't.

So why do I keep getting this unwanted Disney popup every time I startup Opera browser in private window.

I fully understand when closing a private window it will remove cookies etc (dependent on my settings), and the browser is refreshed when next opened.
I auto-start Opera private window after changing command line on shortcut.

The only speeddials on start page I want are the ones I place there.
So how do I know the Disney popup is virus free?
Answer: I don't.
When popups are blocked in settings, my logic says I don't expect to see any?
Perhaps I'm wrong and the setting to block popups is now useless?

The three Disney+ tiles are in facr part of a single lager tile which has a vsingle 'cancel' cross some way away from the small tilesthemselves.
Regards Alan Cox

Which makes the delete function hard to spot as it is not near the icons, it also doesnt reverse colour if your wallpaper is dark unlike the Disney + on the upper left.. Also right clicking doesn't give you a delete option, unlike other links. Looks suspicious to me.

If I have to I'm going to switch back to firefox... I don't really want to do it but I will if you continue to bother me like that.

To everyone else: There is a thin X (close button) at the top right of the three ads. Click that, then choose "don't show again" - voila, it's gone.

@dugglebb However this remains true. I should not be getting any ads with my settings, which are similar to yours.

Sorry forgot to reply to this. Yes, I disabled those also in Advanced Settings. It did not get rid of the Disney adverts.

@orlanth The Continue on... options are also disabled?

where is The Continue on... options *just curious..

Opera, are you listening? I need an opt out of ALL adware button on settings, without a 'helpful' override feature on updates. You shouldn't be doing this, it['s not cornered and its not deleteable, its very intrusive advertising.
Either you have been hacked which is unlikely due to the source or you whored out.