Yes, I understand...and if I worked for an illegal organization or was performing crimes on my computer, I would probably be worried about what you said. However, I'm not, so I can free my mind of being "spied" on by Russia and China (or any country for that matter) - they would be bored out of their minds! LOL I just wanted a good, safe, secure browser to protect me as a regular citizen from hackers, spammers, trojans, malware, viruses, annoying tracking ads, etc. I found all of this in Opera...and I hope it continues to perform the same when/if it's sold.
Well...no, but they could have conveniently "overlooked" the inquiry. Seeing their response has made me a little less worried. If Opera developers were the kind of people who wanted to "load up the browser with spyware", they certainly wouldn't have to wait until the sale goes through to do it. They would have done it ages ago and they wouldn't have gained the positive, hard-working reputation they have if they were that type.
