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Your Main Web Browser

What is your most used web browser across mobile and desktop?

  • Safari

  • Chrome

  • Firefox

  • Edge

  • Opera

  • Brave

  • Vivaldi

  • DuckDuckGo (browser)

  • Orion

  • Other

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Firefox (at least the latest builds) seem to be much snappier than Chrome. It's taking some getting used to. I love that I can use uBlock Origin with Firefox though. That may be the reason I stay with it.
 
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maxoakland said:
I've been using Helium because it's the lightest browser I've ever found. I was using Safari for awhile, but then I tried firefox. Then I decided to try Orion but it was way too slow when I had only a few windows/tabs open. Then I found Helium and it's awesome
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Thanks for that. Looks like it will be replacing Edge for me for viewing YT videos while I'm doing other stuff in Vivaldi.
 
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crococarbs said:
I think two things:
- First, this website is Apple-centric, and there's more people moving away from google amongst Apple users.
- Secondly, Google has degraded their services and privacy guarantees a fair bit in their push for more ad profitability and questionable AI feature bloat, so more people are starting to get sick of it and looking for alternatives.

I personally switched to DuckDuckGo search about 10yrs ago and super happy, and for browsers also have not been using Chrome for a similar amount of time, been hopping around from Safari, Firefox, Firefox forks, Orion, DuckDuckGo browser, and now my current do-it-all choice Vivaldi, it's been good.

Each to their own but I encourage you to try different browsers and search engines even if just for fun/curiosity, there's plenty of options out there! And worth doing a bit of research on each browser's privacy guarantees and business models! Cheers.
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Yeah, I guess I often forget what a subset this forum is of the actual population.

I was an android user for over a decade and I'm pretty well engrained to the google ecosystem for personal use. Beyond that, my work uses google for most things including my work email. Also, I use a number of sites that claim to work better on chrome (and/or one or two other browsers, but chrome is always at the top of the recommended browser list).

I did recently consider other browsers based on another thread on this forum. Ultimately I decided it wasn't worth changing.
 
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Safari on my personal devices with Wipr 2 as content blocker and icloud private relay turned on. I keep Firefox installed for websites which don't play well with Safari (pretty rare.)

At work, I use Vivaldi and Firefox with ublock origin on my Fedora and Mint workstations respectively.
 
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VigneshB said:
Safari on my personal devices with Wipr 2 as content blocker and icloud private relay turned on. I keep Firefox installed for websites which don't play well with Safari (pretty rare.)

At work, I use Vivaldi and Firefox with ublock origin on my Fedora and Mint workstations respectively.
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Yeah I've been using Safari with wipr2 for quite a while and pretty happy EXCEPT that I also have a Linux PC... That's why I recently changed to Vivaldi, and tbh I am quite happy so far. And yes for work I use Firefox (on Windows *shivers*).
 
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1. Edge is a browser with advanced plugins, no ads, fast, and uses less RAM than other browsers on Mac.
My primary browser.
Interestingly, I don't like Edge on Windows, where Firefox and Opera are the primary browsers.

2. Safari is weak on plugins and can suddenly start using a lot of RAM.
And its most fatal flaw is the lack of a VPN.
A system VPN is unnecessary, as each browser needs its own VPN or doesn't have one at all.
But Safari saves battery life, so I also use it regularly.

3. Firefox has advanced plugins, but uses more memory than Edge. I use it regularly.

4. Opera is a browser I use occasionally when I need a different browser with its own set of plugins.

P.S.: Chrome has become an evolutionary dead end and has been removed.
 
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maxoakland said:
I've been using Helium because it's the lightest browser I've ever found. I was using Safari for awhile, but then I tried firefox. Then I decided to try Orion but it was way too slow when I had only a few windows/tabs open. Then I found Helium and it's awesome
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I recently used Helium on my Macs for about a month. It's my favourite Chromium browser at this point. However, on the Mac side of things I eventually became too annoyed at Helium (as well as other Chromium browsers + Firefox) not tapping into the macOS password autofill. Keepassium can be set as your password app in System Settings and on Safari or Orion it is really nice.
 
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In the last year or so I’ve switched from Brave to Ungoogled Chromium on macOS. I like Brave but it’s becoming a little too bloated on the desktop.

I still use Brave on iOS as I like their adblock and I hate Safari.

On Windows I generally put up with Edge but I’m not a fan.

On Linux I’m using Ungoogled Chromium and Firefox.

Manifest V3 will be the final nail in the coffin of Chromium based browsers for me and once uBlock Origin no longer works as intended I’ll reluctantly switch to Firefox.
 
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I'm not surprised to see Firefox coming in second, but am a bit surprised that Chrome takes the 4th spot. I have to use it for one website, and I think it's a dog. But, it might be that website. After all, it won't play nice with Safari or Firefox.
 
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DankeBrutus said:
I recently used Helium on my Macs for about a month. It's my favourite Chromium browser at this point. However, on the Mac side of things I eventually became too annoyed at Helium (as well as other Chromium browsers + Firefox) not tapping into the macOS password autofill. Keepassium can be set as your password app in System Settings and on Safari or Orion it is really nice.
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It's not perfect but Apple's Chrome extension for Passwords works with Helium. It's about 90% there so it keeps me happy enough
 
Safari 100%. It’s the only browser I use on my Apple devices. I do have a Windows gaming handheld, and so occasionally use Edge on the handheld to install stuff on it, but other than that, all my daily productivity browser use is with Safari. 👍🏻
 
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crococarbs said:
Yeah I've been using Safari with wipr2 for quite a while and pretty happy EXCEPT that I also have a Linux PC... That's why I recently changed to Vivaldi, and tbh I am quite happy so far. And yes for work I use Firefox (on Windows *shivers*).
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Wipr 2 is fantastic and more so if you want a set and forget kind of content blocker.
Am not a big fan of Chromium based browsers, but Vivaldi is good! Their staff are pretty responsive too on Mastodon.
Are you sticking with the built in ad blocker in Vivaldi, or installed uBlock Origin or something else?

Hope your sanity is intact after 'fighting' with Windows daily! 😉
 
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