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What browser do you use?

What is your favorite/primary browser?

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I use several. Currently they are:
  • Safari: for a handful of sites that I trust: financial institutions, government agencies (like CBP, tax payments), healthcare, insurance, etc. Apple devices (naturally). Only behind the Wipr content blocker.
  • Chromium (Marmaduke up-to-date, ungoogled, widevine, all-codecs+, nosync build from Woolyss): used only in incognito mode. That includes surfing MacRumors. I do not log into Google services with this browser. When I exit this browser, all history, cookies, data are blown away. I use this on my Mac and Windows machines. There is no iOS version.
  • Vivaldi: for sites I don't trust as well as the ones I use on Safari but still want to retain cookies or maybe passwords. This could be something like a retailer such as Monoprice or Newegg. I use their native adblocking so something that might behave differently than a browser protected by Adguard. On my Mac and Windows machines.
  • Waterfox: an alternate non-Webkit, non-Chrome browser based on Firefox ESR. This is lightly used and I don't even bookmark sites. On my Mac and Windows machines.
  • Firefox: Only on my iOS/iPadOS devices. Only used in incognito/private mode.
I've used other browsers in the past.

With Chromium and Vivaldi, I'm not even syncing bookmarks. I have to sneakernet the bookmark file between systems. That's an inconvenience but I'm okay with doing this.
 
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I just discovered DuckDuckGo, like the idea of not being tracked. Full speed ahead, no issues noticed with functionality so far. Have replaced Safari on my iOS devices with it’s dedicated browser and using MacOS you can designate the DuckDuckGo search engine on Safari. I have not seen a dedicated DDG browser for MacOS. Is there one?
 
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I just discovered DuckDuckGo, like the idea of not being tracked. Full speed ahead, no issues noticed with functionality so far. Have replaced Safari on my iOS devices with it’s dedicated browser and using MacOS you can designate the DuckDuckGo search engine on Safari. I have not seen a dedicated DDG browser for MacOS. Is there one?
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Yes. Go to Safari preferences is in there.
 
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Huntn said:
I just discovered DuckDuckGo, like the idea of not being tracked. Full speed ahead, no issues noticed with functionality so far. Have replaced Safari on my iOS devices with it’s dedicated browser and using MacOS you can designate the DuckDuckGo search engine on Safari. I have not seen a dedicated DDG browser for MacOS. Is there one?
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I don't believe they have a dedicated browser for any desktop OS, as of right now the only option is to use it as your default search engine. It would be cool if a dedicated browser is in the works though, I would give it a try.
 
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Huntn said:
I just discovered DuckDuckGo, like the idea of not being tracked. Full speed ahead, no issues noticed with functionality so far. Have replaced Safari on my iOS devices with it’s dedicated browser and using MacOS you can designate the DuckDuckGo search engine on Safari. I have not seen a dedicated DDG browser for MacOS. Is there one?
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Not see a macOS DDG browser, but they have a Safari extension (plus the option to set DDG as default search engine that you found).

The DDG extension was kind of undercut by Safari's own privacy features introduced in Safari 14, but you can still get it through app store: https://apps.apple.com/no/app/duckduckgo-privacy-essentials/id1482920575?mt=12
 
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Mitthrawnuruodo said:
Not see a macOS DDG browser, but they have a Safari extension (plus the option to set DDG as default search engine that you found).

The DDG extension was kind of undercut by Safari's own privacy features introduced in Safari 14, but you can still get it through app store: https://apps.apple.com/no/app/duckduckgo-privacy-essentials/id1482920575?mt=12
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I already designated DDG as the search engine in Safari on MacOS. Is this extension, something else? I may have already installed it.
 
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I already designated DDG as the search engine in Safari on MacOS. Is this extension, something else? I may have already installed it.
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The extension is made to protect you from trackers, basically the same that Apple themselves introduced in Safari 14 (if you enable the setting for preventing cross-site tracking), which may have made the DDG extension redundant.

I've periodically kept both on (ie. both Apple's cross-site tracking prevention and the DDG extension), though, and used the DDG extension as an adblocker (with or without Ka-Block enabled, too). At the moment I rely on Ka-Block and Apple, only, but I keep the DDG extension (though disababled at the moment), for future use. :)
 
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I love Chrome. The way Chrome handles tabs is my absolute favorite, and it's the first thing I download on any new computer.

That said, I'm currently using Safari. I temporarily switched because Chrome had a bug where it would use significant resources even if you didn't have any windows open, causing my Mac to overheat. They have since fixed that bug, but I've stuck with Safari for now because let's face it, Chrome ALWAYS uses a lot of resources even when operating normally, and I've enjoyed being able to browse freely without the fans kicking on. I plan to ultimately switch back to Chrome though when I get an M1 and overheating is no longer a concern.
 
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
The extension is made to protect you from trackers, basically the same that Apple themselves introduced in Safari 14 (if you enable the setting for preventing cross-site tracking), which may have made the DDG extension redundant.

I've periodically kept both on (ie. both Apple's cross-site tracking prevention and the DDG extension), though, and used the DDG extension as an adblocker (with or without Ka-Block enabled, too). At the moment I rely on Ka-Block and Apple, only, but I keep the DDG extension (though disababled at the moment), for future use. :)
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I’m having trouble with Safari and my bank where I get logged out after I switch to the bill pay section and then try to come back to the main section of the site. They tell me to turn off (or was it on?) the cross site tracking, but it seems to make no difference either way in being logged out. Another company manages their bill pay. Also Chrome which I have also been using handles my bank business just fine. So now I’ll see if DDG works any better.

Of interest I was a happy Firefox user, until it became evident that with multiple pages and tabs, it was sucking up my MBP‘smemory bringing it to a standstill. Safari handles memory better than Firefox.
 
agraden said:
Microsoft Edge. Same as Chrome, but faster.
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Saddled with the name of their terrible first version, but Edge is the browser Microsoft has always needed. It's fast, efficient, and compatible with the entire Chrome ecosystem. Had they released this version with the debut of Windows 10 they'd have a lot more marketshare, I suspect.
 
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Safari with Firefox as backup. Firefox is much faster than it was on my old windows laptop.
 
First Safari for all kind of browsing but for certain things I use Firefox, i.e. to watch Netflix, Government relations (in Spain, where I live in, for Digital Certificate operations you have to use Chrome or Firefox if you don't want any problems).
 
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