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I've been using Mozilla Firefox browser (thanks, Hexbear) but... Opera is looking good AND is owned by a Chinese company so I guess the privacy is fine? (hexbear.net)
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Which one is faster?

Some friends on Discord say that Opera could be better and, hell, some don't understand why I use Mozilla Firefox to begin with outside of privacy concerns.

Apparently, Opera can do more and is faster.

Thoughts?

Think I should switch to Opera?

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[โ€“] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Opera (the company) sold off all stock in itself a few years ago to a number of Venture Capital and Private Equity investment firms, with the largest percentage of shares going to a Beijing-based firm called Kunlun Tech Limited.

One of their first moves in controlling Opera was creating OPay, a fintech company based in Nigeria. Weird ass decisions based around predatory financial practices are the name of the game for VC and PE firms, and you should absolutely never trust them with anything as they absolutely sell all your data to anyone who will buy it at any price.