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Is there anything else I should be doing to manage bandwidth usage by this new version of Opera?

Clearing "Preload Discover contents" setting will prevent Opium 19+ from downloading the news articles on every startup.

A quick look at Off-Road reveals that it does not remove most advertising. You should use an advertisement filter, configured to also remove web junk, such as stat counters, behavioral trackers, and social buttons, apart from the actual graphic advertising. Just stating the obvious. Unlike old Opera 12, Opium doesn't include a Content Filter. An external solution like AdBlock Plus, Proxomitron or Privoxy, in place of Off-Road, is almost essential to use the modern web fast.

You could use one of these proxies, or a Packet Sniffer (advanced tool) to detect when the browser autonomously downloads data from the Internet, and track the amount of traffic. I don't believe Opium does anything sinister, aside from the Discover service. Such inspection will reveal how much excess there is on most webpages.

Thank you all so much. Both solutions are helpful and have worked ... I really appreciate.

Yes, I thought about sticking with Opera 12 (porting over the old 12 setup download from my backup disc and installing it on this new win 7 machine) ... the reason I went ahead and downloaded the latest version is because the list of my "frequently used" websites with which I've begun to experience Opera incompatibilities in the last 3 or 4 months has gradually been expanding, and I've had to face the unpleasant reality that at SOME point, I just won't be able to use it as my go-to version anymore. I loved that browser. 😞

Anyway, thought I'd give the new version a try and see if it'll work for me or if I have to find something else ... but it's really hard to see something that was so good for so long change.