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The impressive part is that the Opera Mini servers are still running. Who even runs them, who maintains the code and fixes security issues, the new Opera compan
by mrweasel 1y ago
The impressive part is that the Opera Mini servers are still running. Who even runs them, who maintains the code and fixes security issues, the new Opera company?
Seeing Opera switch from Presto and later being sold to a Chinese company, which seems hellbent on building a gamer browser and apparently now an AI browser is such a lose of everyone. Sure Opera and Presto was closed source, but that was in some sense the brilliant part. We had four major browser engines, three of them really good, three cross platform (of of which was REALLY cross platform), two open source, two closed source. There was actual choice.
The problem of cause was that Opera could not reasonably keep up with Googles, neither could Microsoft, but Opera had nothing else that could underwrite their browser development. It's really sad, because Opera was a really good browser. Now it's just another Chrome skin.
- Marsymars 1y ago> The impressive part is that the Opera Mini servers are still running. Who even runs them, who maintains the code and fixes security issues, the new Opera company? I’d guess nobody, and they’re one hardware crash, security compromise, etc. away from being turned off.
- lysace 1y agoLast time I heard the service was still actively maintained. I think it's still a thing in Africa, somehow.