Ok, so either I have forgotten or wasn't using Opera that early (but that seems improbable). This bit: > Later versions of Opera gave the user the choice of se

Ok, so either I have forgotten or wasn't using Opera that early (but that seems improbable). This bit: > Later versions of Opera gave the user the choice of seeing banner ads or targeted text advertisements from Google is suspicious - I remember that when Opera was showing ads it had an ad bar above (or below) address bar. So maybe I got served ads but didn't consider them as such. Or maybe I just idealize my youth :)