Firefox vs. Chrome

[Moltke]

I tried Opera over the years and was never impressed by it. There were always lots of websites spouting the benefits of using opera and speed was always at the top of the list. I never found it to be any faster, and at times it was actually slower. It still has compatibility issues with some sites just like it always has. Now that it has been sold to a Chinese consortium I've made the decision to stay away from it. It's not that I'm "anti Chinese", but I'm not sure I'm all that comfortable using a browser owned and controlled by unknown Chinese companies either. Maybe if there were fewer companies involved and there was some transparency it would be different.

I used to think about Opera the same as you do; I didn't like it, not a bit. I remember this one tedious feature it had: it always installed a searchbar which actually happened to be malware or adware, some kind of a virus, and it was a pain to get rid of it! I've used it in windows just to uninstall it right after, however, like I said I find it quite good in Linux Lite.  Is there actually anything, something "company owned free"? I remember this article I read once about "security on the Internet" or something like that, whose author wisely stated: "If people are concerned about their security over the Internet, then they should reasonably consider not to use it at all" I've kept those words for myself ever after since