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That's chump change compared to doing it in house, especially with the IPO in FB's pocket. Also, I wasn't even aware that opera ran on phones, so it doesn't st

• ks 14y ago
  According to this article Opera Mini has 169 million users. http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/29/opera-mini-now-has-169-million-users-56-of-them-only-use-the-mobile-web/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/29/opera-mini-now-has-169-mill... Considering that many of the users only access the Internet via their mobile devices I think Facebook would care about them.
  • duaneb 14y ago
    > many of the users only access the Internet via their mobile devices Do you have a source for that? I'm finding it a little hard to believe, especially since getting a cheap computer + internet for two years is (much) less expensive than a phone + wireless. Granted, I'm in the US, which is probably very different from the demographics in Opera Mini's user base.
    • ks 14y ago
      > Do you have a source for that? The article I linked says the following: "The study, which was conducted between November 2010 and November 2011, found that globally, 56% of Opera users and 43% of those who use another browser only access the Internet via their mobile devices. In some countries, including Egypt (72%), Bangladesh (69%), Brazil (65%) and South Africa (61%), these numbers for Opera users are significantly higher." > Granted, I'm in the US, which is probably very different from the demographics in Opera Mini's user base. I can only speculate to why they prefer using a mobile, but I think that the infrastructure is so different from our countries that we shouldn't necessarily base our assumptions on what we would have done.