![]() Speaking of beaucoup bucks, Opera was acquired by a Chinese consortium back in 2016.īy all measures, Opera was never particularly lucrative, so why buy it? Sure, there might be a sentimental factor, but in terms of profitability, all that Opera offers to potential investors is VPN data and, potentially, ad space. Disney is clearly desperate and they’ve got beaucoup bucks, so why not use them? Obviously, Netflix’s growth has mostly been caused by word of mouth and memes, but hey. Back in October 2019, Disney banned Netflix from advertising on any of its television networks. ![]() This seems to be yet another attempt by Disney to “choke out” Netflix. Opera isn’t the only party in this though. Maybe they’ve given up on the market share game and have decided to monetize their existing fanbase in any way they can.Īfter receiving some initial reports, we found a couple of Twitter users who are experiencing the same: ![]() Maybe the built-in one missed some, some that could have been inserted by Opera themselves.Īt any rate, this is obviously not a good look for Opera. I don’t remember what prompted me to do this. Second, I use Adblock on top of Opera’s built-in adblock. ![]() Perhaps they only started showing ads on their regular browser, that doesn’t promise to be “optimized for gaming”. There might be a reason for that though.įirst, I use Opera GX, which is a slightly different, newer version of Opera. We’ve received reports from users that the Opera browser is showing ads for Disney’s new Disney+ streaming service when the user attempts to access the Netflix website.Īs a long time Opera user myself, I haven’t been seeing any ads. If you're tired of censorship, cancel culture, and the erosion of civil liberties subscribe to Reclaim The Net.
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