Prevent Opera from connecting to Google Hangouts at launch

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Referencing the topic at
https://forums.opera.com/topic/31874/why-does-the-opera-try-to-connect-to-two-google-services-at-startup/2

...I followed the instructions to launch Opera with the --show-component-extension-options command-line switch, but the Google Hangouts extension cannot be removed because the switch is disabled.

( I would also point out that none of my alternative Chromium-based browsers "inherit this behavior from Chromium". )