[rolltrunhert]

> The (summary) message seems to be: Don't use Opera because "The company is chasing trends and extracting the most money possible from its declining users".

Your summary is dumb. Here's why, and I quote from the article you claim to summarize:

> Hindenburg alleged that when the Opera browser continued losing users (due to competition from Google and Apple), the company shifted gears to building mobile apps that provided predatory short-term loans. The interest rates on those loans ranged from 365-876% per year, and loan terms from 7-29 days. Opera also falsely advertised longer loan terms and lower interest rates in the app descriptions, because the Google Play Store had rules against predatory loan services.

> The loan apps specifically targeted customers in Kenya, India, and Nigeria.

Nobody read the links anymore, just chatting??

Also, everybody check out Firefox, not corporate boring Chrome!

[galaxyLogic]

> "Your summary is dumb."

I didn't provide a summary of the article, just quoted from it's Conclusion (== Summary) -section verbatim:

"The company is chasing trends and extracting the most money possible from its declining users"

For me that is not a good enough reason to stop using Opera.

Also the Hindenburg report is from 2020. Not very trendy. If Opera really is more "evil" company than say Google, Apple and Microsoft I would think there would by now be more information about the "alleged" misbehaviors.

Maybe they mended their ways, because of that report?

I'm using Opera, Firefox, Chrome and Edge. Chrome and Edge seem to give me more adds than Opera. I think it's good there are more browser-choices regardless of what Hindenburg-report said in 2020.

Certainly it is good to bring up reports of alleged unethical behavior by corporations. But Opera is a very small company compared to Google, Apple and Microsoft. Trying to bash them now because of a report that came out in 2020 just seems a bit odd.

Here's another quote from the article which seems over the top to me:

"You should not, under any circumstances, use Opera Browser or any of its derivatives."

Why not even derivatives? Under any circumstances?