What browser is everyone using for their default on iPhone/iPad? I used Safari for the longest time because of the sync between iPad and iPhone but recently started using DuckDuckGo. Mainly because I like that I can open a tab in the background or foreground and I like the grid view for my open tabs.
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I use DuckDuckGo search engine on Safari app. No issue at all with this browser
Yeah i know they are all just skins on the WebKit. I just like that i can open in foreground or background. For Safari have to pick one in settings. Also like the grid. Does safari try to upgrade the privacy of sites like DDG does?
Mainly been using Opera lately. I used to use Dolphin quite a lot but it seems to have been neglected in the last couple of years.
I'm hoping an iOS release of Vivaldi will occur at some point. I don't really care for Opera, but I don't like Firefox or Chrome on my iPhone/iPad.
And while all third party browsers are forced to use Apple's rules and thus are essentially reskins of Safari…I HATE Safari. I hate it on every platform that app runs on and will never use it unless I have no other options.
The absolute worst part about it is that you cannot customize it - unlike Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera or any other fork of those browsers. And when I say customize, I'm not talking about plugins or extensions.
I'm hoping an iOS release of Vivaldi will occur at some point. I don't really care for Opera, but I don't like Firefox or Chrome on my iPhone/iPad.
And while all third party browsers are forced to use Apple's rules and thus are essentially reskins of Safari…I HATE Safari. I hate it on every platform that app runs on and will never use it unless I have no other options.
The absolute worst part about it is that you cannot customize it - unlike Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera or any other fork of those browsers. And when I say customize, I'm not talking about plugins or extensions.
I use Safari and DuckDuckGo ad my search engine. I want some degree of privacy/anonymity!
Firefox, but only because I much prefer Firefox to Safari on MacOS and want to use the same browser across devices.
Since I use Edge on macOS, I decided to switch to Edge on iOS for consistency. I like Edge and have had no issues on either platform.
I use Edge to have better sync with all my devices, including Android and Windows.
But I'm warming up to Firefox now.
For search engine, unfortunately have to stick with Google. Local searches on the other search engines like bing are abysmal.
But I'm warming up to Firefox now.
For search engine, unfortunately have to stick with Google. Local searches on the other search engines like bing are abysmal.
Safari and DDG. Chrome and Goog on windows work laptop.
I do think Google has the best search engine (best results) but it requires too much privacy. FFS everyone has gotten rid of the simple to do 3rd party cookies. Google is even dragging their feet on that.
I do think Google has the best search engine (best results) but it requires too much privacy. FFS everyone has gotten rid of the simple to do 3rd party cookies. Google is even dragging their feet on that.
Safari and the excellent password management/generation built into iOS is one of the things that locked me in to Apple products. Wish they would release Safari for Windows and Linux though so everything synced up.
I use Brave only mobile browser I tested that reliably blocked ads and since I use it on desktop as well the sync works great.
Have you enabled local search in DuckDuckgo? It has worked great for me the past few months its been out.