Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use. Opera
  • @[email protected]English
    5•7 days ago

    I used this! It was a godsend for people like me on a metered MVNO plan with only access to 3G towers and no home Wi-Fi (when you’re extremely poor, you make sacrifices).

    That’s cool that it’s still available, and I bet there will be a resurgence of dumb phones in the coming years that would be glad to use it.

    • L3ft_F13ld!English
      3•7 days ago

      Opera Mini isn’t what it used to be. Became an absolute resource hog with all the spyware and extra shit stuffed in. Back then it was a solid option for those of us that couldn’t afford all the mobile data needed to surf the web. Now it’s just a personal data hoovering POS.