PSA: Opera browser now free-as-in-no-ads

[pne]

If you've ever wanted to try out Opera but didn't want to pay nor endure ads, or if you've been using the ad-supported free version of Opera but would like to get rid of them, Opera is now offering version 8.50 for free download without ads.

From what I can tell, they won't be coming back, either.

Comments

[fledchen.livejournal.com]

How are they going to stay in business? Or is there still a licensing fee for customer support?

[pne.livejournal.com]

How are they going to stay in business?

I have no idea.

One guess would be licensing their browser to companies who want to embed it into hand-held devices, but I don't know.

[fweebles.livejournal.com]

I've heard they're making money off the support.

[asciident]

From wikinews,

Company Officials expressed hope that this move would prompt more users to download the Opera browser and thus increase the companies revenue from its search engine product.