Ouch. That certainly doesn't ode well for Opera. On the plus side of you trying out Brave, Opera was proprietary, the code was closed. With Brave, Firefox, or Chomium (not Chrome), you're using pure Open Source code.
Brave has a few extra features that might be similar to Opera. You can also get paid for using Brave if you're okay with a small ad in the corner. You can adjust the frequency or turn it off completely. It's not a lot but over 3 days, I've earned enough BAT (Brave Attention Tokens) to break a buck!
Btw, unlike web ads, no personal information ever leaves your browser. Ad personalization occurs at the local level. If you prefer supporting the content creators because most of their ads are blocked, you can elect to auto-contribute that money to them instead.
Btw, if you're looking for something that is more Opera-like, there's
Vivaldi. It was actually created by some of the guys behind Opera. You can find out about the features
here. It has speed-dial which I recall was one of the things you liked about Opera? It's come quite a way.
I think Brave is great, mainly for its ad-blocking but Vivaldi might be less of a change for you.
It's not Open Source though, at least not entirely. Some components of it are. But you've been using Opera for all these years so I'm guessing that's not a deal-breaker for you.
We all have to use proprietary technology sometimes despite the admonishment of RMS. So I think you should check out the feature list there before going to Brave.
See, guys? I'm not a browser bigot!
Actually, I've been using Firefox for the past few weeks because of an issue I had with one extension and Brave. But I'm back on Brave now. Who knows? Maybe in 6 months, I'll be on something else. I'm like a kid in a candy store.
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