Opera Beta: Booking.com speed dial entry coming back after deletion

[milbauer]

milbauer last edited by

I'm using Opera beta 29.0.1795.30. I deleted the booking.com speed dial entry that comes with the default installation months ago, but recently, (last 1-2 weeks) something has been recreating it. It doesn't seem to occur at startup. Perhaps it is being recreated after every update. Is this intentional? If so, please stop. I don't like having to delete it multiple times.

[lestalia]

lestalia last edited by

Probably, it showed up to me too.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

The latest update recreated it, yes. For now just delete it again - but it may come back again with the next update.

[milbauer]

milbauer last edited by

It came back again! Stop!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

It came back again! Stop!

Have you installed Opera again or have updated it?

[milbauer]

milbauer last edited by

It came back again! Stop!

Have you installed Opera again or have updated it?

I haven't manually updated, no. It seems like programmed behavior as lestalia said they were affected as well.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I haven't manually updated, no.

And what about automatic updates?

[lestalia]

lestalia last edited by

For me it showed up after I allowed automatic update and went to the about page to check up. It was 29.0.1795.30 update.

I know there is a new update but I won't update until stable or developer brings their updates as well.

[milbauer]

milbauer last edited by

I haven't manually updated, no.

And what about automatic updates?

Yes. I confirmed the update is bringing the booking.com speed dial entry back. I was able to reproduce it on my work machine too. Are you not affected?

This might be a bit hyperbolic but it looks like Opera is trying to turn their browser into adware if this wasn't some kind of mistake they made.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Yes. I confirmed the update is bringing the booking.com speed dial entry back. I was able to reproduce it on my work machine too. Are you not affected?

Yes, i am and that's the reason for have asked about it.

Every time i update or reinstall Opera, some SD entries come back.

[milbauer]

milbauer last edited by

Yes. I confirmed the update is bringing the booking.com speed dial entry back. I was able to reproduce it on my work machine too. Are you not affected?

Yes, i am and that's the reason for have asked about it.
Every time i update or reinstall Opera, some SD entries come back.

Just curious are the entries that come back for you Opera partners like booking.com that Opera pre-loads into SD by default?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

The only one that I've seen continue to put itself in my SD is Booking.com, which I assumed was a paid ad placement. What other partners are there? If they're going to have paid ads, are they going to have a paid browser version to get rid of the ads?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Just curious are the entries that come back for you Opera partners like booking.com that Opera pre-loads into SD by default?

Yep.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

What other partners are there?

All "pre loaded" Speed Dials are paid afaik. Usually every "pre loaded" page included in a browser is paid or, at least, is a source of resources for the browser.