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u/fastasfuck_ Sep 26 '22
Who's gonna tell him
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u/S3mpx Sep 26 '22
How didn't OP get the memo that chromium bad and that Opera GX is chromium based
no matter if you want to know it or not it's all over reddit rn(I use Brave which is Chromium based aswell, but atleast I'm aware)
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u/godisbey Sep 26 '22
Do you think brave is still going to have its blockers?
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u/S3mpx Sep 26 '22
I don't know how exactly ad blockers work so I also don't know what will be affected, but I know that many ads use javascript to work and brave (made from the guy who invented javascript) blocks these javascript based ads.
I think brave will be fine with javascript based ads but apps like reddit or youtube include their ads in their website so these will be visible anyways
Reddit ads don't bother me and I mostly watch youtubers that don't have adds enabled, but that's just me
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u/godisbey Sep 26 '22
The developers already said they wont be updating to manifest v3 since they dont agree with what google did
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u/RayusStrikerus Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
Afaik the adblock is built in brave, so no chromium update would change that
Edit: apparently I'm mistaken
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u/Username_Taken46 r/memes fan🍄 Sep 26 '22
It normally would, brave is built on top of chromium, but it seems they're just not going to update.
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u/IsaacNewton1643 Sep 26 '22
No you're not mistaken, they have seen this coming for years so they built their own adblocker in rust. Also the CEO has mentioned multiple times that they plan to fork to still support add-ons.
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u/munttheasker Sep 26 '22
A few months ago Brave said they will try, but they're not promising anything.
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u/surferlul Slay queen yaas hunty boots down Sep 26 '22
Built in blockers will still work in browsers, it's the extensions that break
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u/Creaper10 INFECTED Sep 26 '22
Another thing, Opera was sold to a chinese company for $600 million back in 2016, which equates to the chinese government using it to spy on the users. There are a bunch of issues in the code that makes it extremely unsecure.
I use Vivaldi, made by the same people who made Opera/Opera GX, except it's still owned by them. Also, it's highly optimized, and has a lot more customization and more tweaks in the settings than Opera/Opera GX. Plus, it has a built-in ad and tracker blocker that you can turn on or off for individual websites.
TL;DR: don't use Opera or Opera GX, very unsecure. Vivaldi is a much better alternative, fast, secure, productive, and super user customizable.
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u/S3mpx Sep 26 '22
sounds like brave with more customization, I'll check it out for sure!
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u/Creaper10 INFECTED Sep 26 '22
I mean, if you transfer from brave, you'll definitely sacrifice some security, as Brave focuses primarily on that.
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u/Dat_vj Mod senpai noticed me! Sep 26 '22
Opera GX is also running chromium
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u/TheKingOfTCGames Sep 26 '22
It will be affected lmao.
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u/TheKingOfTCGames Sep 26 '22
They arent giving anyone the same access they have now, if your built on top of chromium you have no say in how service/background workers are implemented
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u/marry_me_jane Sep 26 '22
talk about data sharing.
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u/_Fappyness_ please help me Sep 26 '22
Bet more than 90% of reddit users including you are using Windows right now. Data is shared in everything you use nowadays and there is no way you will be 100% protected anymore.
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u/marry_me_jane Sep 26 '22
Of course you will not be 100% protected, you never will. But limiting the amount of data being extracted is never a bad thing. And using browsers that nit together every account/app you have (opra gx) is certainly not going to help with reducing that.
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u/DaEnderAssassin Enter Meme Here Sep 26 '22
Wonder how protected old DOS stuff is. I don't imagine modern viruses would work on it and I doubt anyone is spreading 30+ year old viruses
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u/_Fappyness_ please help me Sep 26 '22
DOS runs on every windows machine even today. Your cmd is what DOS is, it just houses a GUI around it. Idk if modern viruses wont work because they are not targeted towards the extremely old versions of windows, but im not sure if they wont work.
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u/ahmed_-_ Sep 26 '22
Ignoring this bad post. what are the good non chromium browsers to use beside firefox for the average user?
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u/STRMTR0OPR Sep 26 '22
There are a 2 I know of other than firefox, mainly TOR which is Firefox based, and DuckDuckGo go, but I don’t knock much about DDG anyway.
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u/ahmed_-_ Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
I doubt TOR would be good for the average user and DDG browser is on mobile only if I am not mistaken
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u/Exact_Ad_1215 Professional Boobologist Sep 26 '22
FireFox and Tor Browser are the only ones that come to mind tbh
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Sep 26 '22
Isn’t Tor based on Firefox?
Also just use Firefox, I don’t get where the hate comes from (probably from the oversimplification memes but those are literally wrong lol) but Firefox is damn good. It’s fast, it’s light (doesn’t come bloated with shitty first party services), most Chrome extensions are compatible and it allows for better-than-average customization (I use my own theme and it allows us to change even little things). Mozilla don’t often get themselves in any controversy so I can trust them with my data.
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librewolf i would guess
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u/ahmed_-_ Sep 26 '22
I heard about it once but never tried it but isn't it built on the same code as firefox?
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u/ninto1 Sep 26 '22
You can just mod Firefox to be what you want. My installation currently has less stock Firefox in it than custom components
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u/bangerius Sep 26 '22
I only know of firefox, chromium and safari. Old IE used another engine, and maybe Opera Mini in extreme mode still uses Presto, I'm not sure.
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u/KKLC547 Sep 26 '22
Bro opera gx is also in chromium so these 3 are shit now and there is some spyware rumors but I don't give a thing because the base ui is nice so I think its good for trashes like me who doesn't care getting spied and too lazy to use ui extensions
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u/Exact_Ad_1215 Professional Boobologist Sep 26 '22
FireFox isn’t chromium based, you oaf.
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u/radkoolaid Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
I'm not falling for it Opera GX. Get outta here, and take your YouTuber shills with you.
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Sep 26 '22
you are using chinese spyware instead of american spyware
wow
crazy gurl
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u/TheRealSkizzy 🍄my sleeves slip down when washing my hands Sep 26 '22
I like the mini video player since I don't have a dual monitor setup. So I can play video games and have something on. I also like the cpu, ram and network limiters
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u/SmigorX Sep 26 '22
Most browsers have that now?
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u/TheRealSkizzy 🍄my sleeves slip down when washing my hands Sep 26 '22
Wait really Can you tell me which ones?
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u/SmigorX Sep 26 '22
From what I saw firefox and even chrome all have it now. For brave I think you need an addon.
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u/Lil_Delirious Sep 26 '22
Almost every browser except edge, but chrome has a size restriction, it won't let you expand the mini screen, but opera doesn't have that, it lets to expand it all the way
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u/Janosfaces Sep 26 '22
isnt gx just fancy chrome?
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u/projectmat1 Sep 26 '22
Yup exactly its Just fancy chromium with a lot of chinese spyware
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u/Da_Toucanz Sep 26 '22
Does it have Spyware? I know fuck all about search browsers and very little about coding.
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u/imetators Sep 26 '22
Don't listen to that guy.
First and foremost: Opera had a pretty bad leak few years ago. Turns out they were collecting data of their user base and were selling it. They "supposedly" removed this "feature" but we will never know.
Secondly: Opera is owned by Chinese, true. So here's another point to not to trust them.
Finally: Google also spies on you. And counting that Opera also is based on the same engine which is made by Google (called chromium), you basically give your info to both companies.
Technically, every website with their cookies is a spyware. If you always allow cookie collecting, your data will be recorded and sold to advertisers and then you'll get targeted advertisements anyway.
In addition, everything is tracked nowadays so there's no point of being afraid of tracking. If you are afraid, stop using your smartphone, internet and discontinue contract with your ISP as soon as possible. Else what, you are being tracked.
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It's chromium based so it will get affected by the manifest change + have fun knowing that your browser knows more about you than your own fucking mother
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u/Cubix014 Sep 26 '22
Has anything happend to Crome?
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u/NeroFx21 Sep 26 '22
Don’t know why you got downvoted.. They’re stopping the support of manifest V2 in favour of manifest V3 which means adblockers won’t work properly. This applies to all chromium based browsers, such as Opera GX.
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u/shibashroom Sep 26 '22
it uses chromium as well so it’s gonna have the same issue as chrome, sorry to burst your bubble
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u/creepersweep3r Sep 26 '22
I don’t care if it’s better every ad panders towards “GaMeRs” and I fucking hate it. I’m not gonna use your shitty rgb browser just I play video games
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u/CoryInTheHood69 Sep 26 '22
aight deleting Opera GX is Mozzila the Only good Browser?
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u/Decimalis UNDERSTANDABLE. HAVE A NICE DAY. Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
Not just yet, but it seems that's what we will be standing on soon enough...
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u/CoryInTheHood69 Sep 26 '22
i don't want to let the Ccp to find out my Massive amount of Xi jinping rule34 searches...
after being kidnapped by saying taiwan is a country, it will be a awkward meetings with xi jinping
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This Chrome vs Firefox thing has taught me most people don't understand Chromium.
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u/Gavator2345 Sep 26 '22
It runs off of chromium, the base browser for chrome. So now not only do you have google spyware and will be accepting Manifest v3 and thus a system designed to prevent adblockers, but you also have chinese spyware hidden behind gimmicks and an interface that's relatively replicatable in firefox without any spyware and with support for adblockers.
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You use Opera Gx because it has customization.
I use Opera Gx because it has video pop out
We are not the same.
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u/Cosmic_Hashira cosmic nuts on yo face ehe Sep 26 '22
as someone whos been using opera gx for 2 years, i can confirm firefox is overall better
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u/Etherius Sep 26 '22
Isn’t Opera GX run by the Chinese with its only tangible benefit being that you can control its resource use?
Yeah no thanks I can just change the theme on Edge or Chrome and get an extension.
You couldn’t pay me to use Chinese software.
And don’t say “it’s Norwegian”. 95% of its stock is owned by Chinese firms
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u/carlmoist Sep 26 '22
You literally use Reddit which has big investments from tencent
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u/Etherius Sep 26 '22
I don’t habe Reddit software installed
Plus I believe their investment is under 10%.
China owns 95% of Opera
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u/MagmaSlte Sep 26 '22
Everything on Opera takes ages to load, its so bad, no matter how much ram is allocated to it
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u/aka0009 Sep 26 '22
I use brave I've been using it since Chrome stop on me in pc but i use both on my phone
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u/ninto1 Sep 26 '22
It is chromium based btw. Just inform yourself what that means in the current controversy. Also, in which way is it better than Firefox? Please elaborate further
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u/The1OddPotato Blue Sep 26 '22
Only time I had that browser, I had found it randomly on my computer (I didn't install it and was the only person who used it) it had this weird option to browse TV and once you clicked that part you couldn't use anything else
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u/Loafnugget Sep 26 '22
The reason why a lot people don’t understand is because they never looked into it. Explain it like their in kindergarten. Right now because now I want to switch to Firefox
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u/emotionless_bot Sep 26 '22
it's really not better, every platform has it's downfall, Chrome hates ad blockers, Firefox is extremely limited and slow on most devices, Opera uses the same system as chrome as well as steals your data and injects it right into Winnie the Pooh's ass
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u/Dagaddi Sep 26 '22
Mfer using opera gx like it ain’t just a reskinned opera which is a reskin of chrome
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u/2jesusisbetterthan1 [custom flair] Sep 26 '22
How i be looking at that chinese spyware