Opera Max To Be Pre-Loaded On Over 100 Million Smartphones By 2017

[Lucian Armasu]

Opera announced that it expects to have its data management app, Opera Max, installed on over 100 million devices by 2017, thanks to broad partnership with 14 OEMs.

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[thundervore]

Is this considered more bloatware on top of the already crapware that is already preinstalled and cannot be uninstalled?

If the user wants this they can simply download it by choice from the Android Market (Play Store) right?

On my Verizon Galaxy S6 I have never seen so much bloatware, there were a little more than 2 pages of it in the app drawer on first time bootup

 

[venym]

The company accomplishes this by using the VPN APIs on the Android platform, which allows it to push the traffic through its servers first and compress it there, before sending it to the user.

So...They will know what each user is doing? Sounds like something the NSA has been trying to figure out how to do for years.

 

[musical marv]

The company accomplishes this by using the VPN APIs on the Android platform, which allows it to push the traffic through its servers first and compress it there, before sending it to the user.

So...They will know what each user is doing? Sounds like something the NSA has been trying to figure out how to do for years.

Again with the paranoia. Give me a break!