Has anyone found a new way to get rid of the default search engines?
Things have changed again since: Opera 31: Remove default Search Engines? and so far as I can tell, none of those answers apply any longer.
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As of Opera 44, at least one way described for Opera 31 works (still or again?): "editing the %operaversion%/resources/default_partner_content.json". The linked answer suggests to "set the edited file to be read-only and/or set opera://flags/#first-run-partner-content-update to disabled." I opted for "and". Still have to see what happens with an update, probably we'll have to make some sort of script for the job.
Maybe other answers there work, too, but I did not try them.
Short answer: Use Vivaldi instead - basically everything Opera is and more:
