Opera used to be a fantastic web browser, with a custom high-performance Presto rendering engine and features like tabbed windows that didn't show up in competing browsers until years later. However, the modern Opera browser is a shadow of its former self, reliant on chasing trends and meme advertising to
  • lone_faerieEnglish
    164·
    10 months ago

    I knew not to use Opera GX as soon as they started sponsoring youtubers. I swear, youtube sponsorships are like anti-ads. 9 times out of 10 they’re doing something sketchy.

    • CatLikeLemmingEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      When I see a product I already use being promoted by YouTubers in sponsored segments, I immediately question if I should be using it, even if I’d have happily continued had I never seen that sponsorship.

    • AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.deEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      Lol, now that I think of it I had never seen a YouTube ad or sponsor where I would say “this is an ethical and fairly priced product without a catch that I would like to buy”…

      • lad@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I only saw a decent product once, it was Henson razor. Not sure if it’s ethical and fairly priced (those are somewhat hard to tell, imo). If I weren’t using it already, the sponsorship would have deterred from trying 😅

    • FrostKing@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Agreed. I think (and I’m not sponsored lol) that the only product from YouTube that’s actually good is Harry’s razors