Talk:Opera (company)

How do they make money?
It doesn't seem clear to me from the page, and it is a rather important question which should be answered on a wikipedia page about a company! All that I could tell is they get their money from Opera Mobile? Everything else seems to be free. Doesn't seem quite right that is their only source of income, or is it actually so? Mathmo Talk 12:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The same way Mozilla corp makes money - by letting companies bid against each other for product placement in the browser. The fact that there's an Amazon search bar in the initial settings is no accident. Opera also does a lot of licensing to non-computer applications, like the Kocom wall mounts, or hotel peripherals, etc. And then there's $12 million settlement against Microsoft. Applesanity 18:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I won't edit the article itself, being an employee, but Opera's sources of revenue are found in the financial reports on our investor relations page —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.236.208.22 (talk) 10:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

And the many uses of their software, pretty much every games console except the xbox as far as I know. 86.136.93.21 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:01, 6 July 2008 (UTC) Opera make money thru Google Ads, when you type in search commands into Opera in Google Search box, Opera will get paid when users clicked on Sponsored links. Opera also installs its browsers into OEM phones and thats where they get some money from there as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremy89632 (talk • contribs) 11:28, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * This should maybe be mentioned explicitly in the article, I too was wondering how exactly they made their revenue whether services or through ad deals. If no one else wants to add something I'll give it a go within the week IRWolfie- (talk) 19:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Keeping up with the figures
There are some facts about the subject (mainly users, financials etc) that are a bit outdated. I work for Opera, so I'd just point out some sources where you can get fresh numbers of users and financial figures, instead of editing the article (to be in compliance with the Wikipedia guidelines): Mobile users numbers are found in the monthly published State of the Mobile Web report: http://www.operasoftware.com/smw Total user numbers for the combined user base of mobile + desktop users are found in the press releases toward the bottom of each release: http://www.operasoftware.com/press Financial figures can be found quarterly in the financial reports published here: http://www.operasoftware.com/company/investors — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paalu-z (talk • contribs) 14:34, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

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Article title
See User talk:Fayenatic london (which also affects the article title of this page). --Francis Schonken (talk) 09:35, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Coatrack
Added coatrack tag, while various issues signalled at User talk:Fayenatic london apparently aren't getting sorted. The article is about Opera Software, making it about Otello Corporation is a WP:COATRACK issue. Afaik "Opera Software ASA" never existed: "Opera Software AS" exists, but was apparently never acquired by the Otello Corporation. "Opera ASA" apparently was, but that is (currently) apparently unrelated to "Opera Software", the topic of this article. Prior connections between "Opera ASA" and "Opera Software" can be elucidated in the article, but the holding having acquired "Opera ASA" has nothing to do with "Opera Software", so should not dominate this article. --Francis Schonken (talk) 10:31, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Split needed
The Norwegian Wikipedia currently has two articles for Otello and for Opera Software AS, see https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Software.

Otellocorp.com states that Otello is a listed holding company with mobile advertising, apps & games including AdColony, Bemobi and Skyfire. Assuming it's notable, it needs a separate article in English Wikipedia. If notability is unclear, it needs a separate section in this Opera article. – Fayenatic  L ondon 07:17, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 20 February 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: procedural close, no case to answer. If reintroducing this or a similar request, please present evidence of usage of the new name in reliable, secondary sources: WP:COMMONNAME, WP:NAMECHANGES, WP:OFFICIAL. Dekimasu よ! 19:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Opera Software → Opera Limited – New name 113.59.209.62 (talk) 08:50, 20 February 2019 (UTC)


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Hindenburg Research paragraph should be removed or edited
Hindenburg Research is an private investment company that specializes in shorting company stock. Hindenburg Research has an financial incentive to defame companies in order to make themselves money. Wikipedia should remove or edit this paragraph as it obviously is not an neutral or reputable source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.12.216.122 (talk) 05:26, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

I believe this is a valid point. It appears the Hindenburg report is the only evidence for this section, which you pointed out, is problematic. The other source used is the TechCrunch article which states, "TechCrunch asked Hindenburg’s Nate Anderson if the firm had contacted local regulators related to its allegations. “We reached out to the Kenyan DCI three times before publication and have not heard back,” he said." It appears there are no other reputable sources that verify the claims in this report. The other source, Android Police also states, "it's difficult to independently verify the financial claims by Hindenburg Research." I believe this section should be deleted based on WP:CORG StumptownPDX (talk) 16:24, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

This page should be semi-protected
Thank you for your attention to this. Dating back to 13 February 2020, there have been a series of disruptive edits and edit wars. The disruptive edits have involved section blanking, unfounded reverts or poorly sourced revisions by redlinked or IP users targeting the Controversy section to discredit the company, neglecting to give due weight to the company’s response. Any good faith attempt to adhere to WP:NPOV and WP:RS for this section has been undone almost immediately. Following this series of activity, the page was tagged, citing vandalism, in January 2021, and I reported a user for vandalism as of 31 January 2022, after my edits were reverted multiple times and the editor refused to respond to my talk page messages. This page should be semi-protected for these reasons. Heartmusic678 (talk) 13:27, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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 * This relates to my comment at this WP:RFPP permalink request for semi-protection. I semi-protected the article for one month (it had not been protected before). I see that the disagreements are at least a year old and need to be discussed on this page rather than with a slow edit war. Let me know if further problems arise—try a ping from this section to remind me, but only if needed. Johnuniq (talk) 02:53, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Heartmusic678 (talk) 12:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Dispute resolution noticeboard for Controversy section
After restoring good faith edits, I added my concerns to   the dispute resolution noticeboard, for anyone who is interested in getting involved. Heartmusic678 (talk) 12:08, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

I will have it noted that Heartmusic678 has showed me appalling behaviour by reporting me three separate times without showing any good faith intentions of resolving any alleged disputes. I do not wish to personally attack the owner of this account who's behaviour has been as a bully as I am not emotionally invested in such a minor matter as them. In slang Swahili we would say pambana na hali yako to small people with big egos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jemimahtrump (talk • contribs) 19:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

To claim that Opera is not a payday loan operation in the developing world or no longer invested in any such kind of a business is unsubstantiated and dishonesty of the highest order. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jemimahtrump (talk • contribs) 19:16, 2 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Jemimatrump please see your talk page. You are more than welcome to contribute to the dispute resolution discusion. Heartmusic678 (talk) 11:54, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

About a suspicious edit I reverted...
Is there a way to see if other registered users with similar names (for instance, 2 word names) made similar edits to similar pages with a similar timeframe? I'm at least mildly suspicious about the removal I reverted on this page the other day. It seems like the sort of removal that could be in a Chinese PR campaign, and I think it happened while the semi-protection discussed earlier this month was not active. Please let me know if I'm worrying over nothing, I'd love to go back to just doing WikiGnome things... but my Infosec awareness is getting the better of me here.--Macks2008 (talk) 20:06, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

About Opera's payday loan operations
Is there any actual first hand documentation that Opera has left its payday loan businesses within the developing world? The sources listed are random blogs which don't add any value to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Profesamwitu (talk • contribs) 15:12, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Do they collect user data
Like not the normal ammount like do they collect more than the usual 91.112.211.154 (talk) 12:01, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Cayman island tax info
Opera Limited does not offer any products, nor does Opera Limited generate income, so this is a null point. Being a Norwegian company, they pay taxes in Norway. I don't believe this is not the place for this information. Anyone else have any reason to keep this on the page? StumptownPDX (talk) 21:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)