Opera is Ad Free - So What?
Opera is one of the non-IE browsers that people love to preach about. It's lightweight, easy to install/update, fast and has a slew of features that even Firefox doesn't. All in all, it's a good browser, but it's never been my style.
Just the way it operates, where buttons are etc... doesn't appeal to me. However, if you love Opera then you'll love the news... today it went FREE.
In the past you could download it, but if you wanted to run the browser without little ads in the UI you had to pay for a license. Silly! This always annoyed me anyway, so the fact that they removed it is not that big a deal to me.
Besides, you could get an activation code online easily. So all I have to say is "So what?" My only question now is "How do they plan to make money?" I guess they have pay-support - but if that's their only revenue then I have to question how stable and solid future versions will be.