…Opera was once one of the most innovative browser companies in the world. Founded in Norway by Jon von Tetzchner, it helped pioneer features like tabbed browsing, Speed Dial, mouse gestures, mobile browsing, and built-in ad blocking. At its peak, Opera reached hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Then, in 2016, Opera’s browser business, privacy apps, technology, brand, and user trust were sold to a Chinese consortium for $600 million. After that, the company behind Opera GX became tied to predatory loan apps in Kenya, Nigeria, and India, accusations of misleading lending terms, massive interest rates, controversial related-party deals, and a browser brand still selling privacy to millions of young users. This is the story of Opera GX, the browser that gamers trusted — and the company behind it that most users never looked into. Was Opera GX really built for gamers? Or was the Opera brand simply too valuable to waste?
Opera update adds two-way sync between desktop and iPhone 