Opera decides to put an Eric Andre jumpscare intro as a part of the advertisement for "Bury Boring". Now people are switching browsers - Opera users are quiting after Opera decides to put as jumpscare in the loading intro

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What does Opera even do differently than the myriad of browsers available?
Trackers. Unless you go for an open source browser or fork of an already existing browser, doing your research and know full well you ain't getting fucked, you're going to get fucked in one way or another no matter which browser you use

In Opera's case, as soon as you open the browser, it's fucking you in the ass
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83 requests right from the get-go to various Opera/Google sites.

It also sends your information to it's "partners". Information like geo-location and unique ID's that identify you.
 
I've personally been a big fan of some of Eric's content over the years, but holy shit, this is honestly one of the more embarrassing ads I've seen from everyone involved.

A lot of the enjoyment from the Eric Andre show was that incredibly ridiculous (but pre-planned) stunts interrupted mundane moments to unsuspecting people, so you frequently saw actual celebrities have these amazing bewildered reactions. This ad completely misses the point by making EVERYTHING scripted. The destruction, the people with computers running shitty browsers, it's all planned out. And it's very obvious there's no genuine reactions from anyone.

It's a shame too, because one of my favorite Eric andre bits is where he walks into a computer repair store with a laptop. It's amazing how this 30 second unscripted bit is easily way funnier then the entire three minute Opera ad:

Anyways, why Opera would ever think making your web browser play a loud unskippable jumpscare video (regardless of your settings) would ever have gone over well is beyond me.
 
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I like Eric Andre's stuff but I gotta be in the mood for it.

Having to hear him scream loudly in my ears every goddamn time I want to look at some wiki or something is the opposite of me being in the mood for the funny black jew man.

I know opera is trying to brand themselves as "the cool browser for young people", but why would anyone think this was a good idea or help cater to this target demographic?
 
Wow what a retarded and tone deaf marketing stunt.

Trackers. Unless you go for an open source browser or fork of an already existing browser, doing your research and know full well you ain't getting fucked, you're going to get fucked in one way or another no matter which browser you use

In Opera's case, as soon as you open the browser, it's fucking you in the ass
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83 requests right from the get-go to various Opera/Google sites.

It also sends your information to it's "partners". Information like geo-location and unique ID's that identify you.

Can you send a fella the name of that program? Is it just "Flow"? I would like to check some other programs and my own PC connections.
 
They probably thought "it's only for one day, no one will care."
Lol
Lmao even

If your stupid asses didn't set it to 100% volume with no means to turn it off, no one would care. But then you would have to realize doing this stupid ad or whatever you want to call it was a pointless fucking move to begin with and would of only got like 5 new people to install your shit browser, in total.

Eat shit and suffer, retards. You're trying to get people to use your product, maybe "is my product worth using and of high quality" should remain your top priority, not trying to appeal to zoomie zooms in the most obnoxious way possible.

Feeling pretty fucking comfy with my Brave/Librewolf combo (mobile/desktop). I don't have a Yiddish dindu screaming at me over here.
 
its fucking hilariously tone deaf to market yourself as the hip, new browser that's totally modal and customizable then put a completely unavoidable screaming ad on the front page you cannot opt out of.

the minute i saw the various stream manchildren shilling this i knew it was garbage
 
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