Opera shuts down its Opera Max service

Before Reliance Jio’s affordable unlimited plans came into existence, consumers had to rely on limited data plans. Opening a web page required them to calculate the amount of data that they would spend. Smartphones have been always data hungry and people tried all sorts of ways to save the smallest KiloBytes of data. It is this where Opera’s data saving app came to the rescue.

Opera developed some clever algorithms and used in their Opera Max VPN service to utilise an individual’s data pack as efficiently as possible. However, Opera has now decided not to support the service anymore and will therefore not release further updates for the app. This has been done in order to focus on their latest business directions — improving experiencing for Internet browsing.

However, it seems that app was not finding enough users after Jio’s Internet revolution unveiled last year. With the common having access to faster yet affordable Internet, consumers have stopped considering data saving practices. This could have led the company to ditch development for the app and rather utilise the resources for its core business, which currently is Internet browsers.

If you are one of those who still keeps using this app, the company will keep supporting the service for a few more days before withdrawing the server support.

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