Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use. Opera
  • L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Opera Mini isn’t what it used to be. Became an absolute resource hog with all the spyware and extra shit stuffed in. Back then it was a solid option for those of us that couldn’t afford all the mobile data needed to surf the web. Now it’s just a personal data hoovering POS.