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by ols 1836 days ago
They licensed the browser for devices like set-top boxes and similar devices. There was also money coming from Google (for using it as a default search engine). I guess they had also some business model built around Opera Mini and relations with mobile providers.
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Did you say that desktop should be subsidized by non-desktop browsers?
I didn't say it should, I just summarized what Opera did.