Comments on: Opera Browser vs. Mozilla Firefox: Which is the Better Choice? https://browserhow.com/opera-vs-firefox/ Web Browser How-to's! Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: damianvincent https://browserhow.com/opera-vs-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-62572 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:57:22 +0000 https://browserhow.com/?p=15031#comment-62572 Bizare doesn’t even do this justice… you literally point out that opera, especially Opera GX, my new go to browser after years of buying firefox’s lies about privacy, they have nothing built in to protect your privacy, requiring heeps of unvetted unaccountable third-party extensions to get a semblence of privacy, not to mention, which you litterally did not mention, the fact firefox tracks you worse than google, while bragging about protecting your privacy. Yet you yourself, correctly, point out Opera comes with built-in VPNs, blocks third-party cookies and tracking by default, while including a built-in adblocker, all things not present on firefox, not to mention firefox lost me as a supporter the minute they championed so-called “net neutrality”, basically a con job saying the very same government that egregiously and aggressively violated our privacy and basic rights, things the Edward Snowden had to risk his life to revel to the public, revelations brought to grim light as he hides in RUSSIA of all places from the US government, and those were just the tip of the iceberg mind you, yet firefox wants you to believe that very same government would now be some kind of champion for privacy and our online rights, if only we turned the internet itself over to them, and yet you end your report by giving privacy to firefox??? Did you even read your own article???

The guys without a VPN, adblocker, thrid party cookies and tracking blocked or disabled by defualt, all things opera does without the need for any user interaction, but firefox takes the win for privacy??? How on Earth does one justify such a postion, and can we get a screenshot, video, or anything of the amazing gold medal winning mental gymnastics you must have done to discredit your entire article by ending it in such bizare fashion? Not to mention firefox champions itself as a privacy-centric broswer, while litterally doing nothing actually about protecting your privacy, and even tracks you worse than most social media sites do, something you once again forgot to mention in your article or before awarding the privacy win to firefox… Bizare isn’t a strong enough word for the mental gymnastics that went into that decision, please send videos or pics of them though!

Hands down, Opera, especially the Opera GX brand, which also includes a built in data wiper ccleaner style, cleaning up cookies, cache, temp and junk files left over by websites, tabs downloads, even icons at the click of a button, as well as built in limiters so you can say, I only want my broser to have access to 25% of my CPU, or RAM, another thing firefox just doesn’t do! Fact is where once innovative, firefox has become a dinosaur in the browser race anymore, the update where they broke all of their truly customizable extensions being the nail in the coffin of firefox as a legitimate broswer for those fans of customizations and security let alone privacy, while failing to innovate where it once thrived, so lets be honest. Firefox doesn’t hold a candle to the innovative, damn good looking, browers that opera is fielding today, especially Opera GX, which is why while broswers like firefox decline in users, Opera is gaining ground hand over fist, growth rate exceeding 20% ensuring its fiscal vitality for years to come in the process by delivering features and functionality end users actually crave.

I enjoyed the article for the most part but just found myself dumbfounded and baffled anyone would award privacy awards to the guys who want to champion the abusers of PRISIM and giving those very absuers control over the internet as some boon for online privacy! Thanks for the good read and have a good one.

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