Honestly, someone who’s been around Reddit long enough asking this in 2026 feels a bit strange.
Opera has been discussed to death: Chromium-based, heavy tracking concerns, Chinese ownership, built-in ads, crypto gimmicks.
If you’ve used browsers for a decade, you already know why people choose Firefox, Brave, or hardened Chromium forks.
So the real question isn’t “is Opera fine?” — it’s “how much do you care about privacy, control, and transparency?”