Browser Usage - What do you use on your devices?

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What is your Browse Usage Across your devices? Are you a Safari purist? Safari+Chrome? Firefox? Do you use a third party browser on iOS despite the limitations?

For me:

Brave for Work/School - I need a Chromium Browser for my podcasting app and Brave works really well these days.

Safari for Personal stuff since I cannot disable it behind Screen Time on macOS.

Arc on mobile. Trying to use mobile devices less and Arc does a solid job if you just need a quick search, I disabled Safari behind screen time.

I go back and forth with Firefox, I love that they are an independent engine but the Google Search deal has put them in a precarious position now that the DOJ might break up google. I also like the DuckDuckGo browser but the lack of extension support does it for me.

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I use Safari 95%+ of the time. I only use Chrome when a page will not function properly in Safari.

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Was Arc on Mac, Safari on mobile, and Vivaldi on PC. But since Sequoia I quit using Arc and went back to Safari on Mac. No particular reason, just grew tired of it and like having Safari syncing across devices.

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Safari for personal use. Firefox for personal software development. The major missing thing for me in dev tools in safari is being able to copy the output of a variable in the console to clipboard.

For work I use Chrome since we have chrome extensions that are essential for work and a pain to maintain a fork for other browsers

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I use Chrome 95%+ of the time. I only use Safari when a page will not function properly in Chrome. :rofl:

For testing (and when I don’t want to clear my cache) I sometimes use Brave, but that’s rare.

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Safari for personal stuff – it’s hard to beat for Email or SMS two-factor codes. Microsoft Edge for Work Stuff. On rare occasion, Firefox.

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Safari with Kagi on all devices. Rarely anything else.

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Safari for many years. Prior to Apple, I used Firefox, avoiding Internet Explorer then like I avoid Chrome now.

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I use Orion all the way and on every device. Webkit based, privacy focussed and Safari inspired. Plus you can install any extension for Safari, Firefox, Chrome (and Opera if I recall correctly).

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I was mostly a Safari person until recently. I had some issues here and there with sites that worked better in Chrome (on desktop), and I found Safari often hanging for an extra second or two when navigating to web pages.

I fancy myself to be privacy conscious, so I’m not a fan of Chrome or Edge. I gave Brave a whirl and I find myself using it more and more on desktop. I really like it. All the crypto stuff is turned off, it’s fast, and supposedly secure.

On my iPhone I stick with Safari. My understanding is Apple hogs “the good stuff” for Safari on mobile and makes all the other apps use other tech to run. This was supposed to be opening up, and maybe it has, but I feel like Safari is the way on mobile.

I have been tempted to try Brave again on mobile though :thinking:

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Thanks for reminding me about Orion, I had downloaded it but not really tested it. Man is it fast!

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Safari for personal use & Brave for work.

I keep a copy of ungoogled-chromium (ie. chromium stripped of telemetry code) for random sites that don’t work in Safari. I also keepTor Browser around for various uses and testing as well as donating to the Tor Project.

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On my Mac:

I use ARC for intentional work. I’ve set up multiple spaces, e.g., there’s a space for all of the publications I subscribe to (including those on Substack, Patreon, etc.), a space for online coursework, a space for language learning, a space for following the visual arts, a space for following writers and writing, and, most recently, a tab for AI (Claude and NotebookLM at the moment.) When I’m in ARC, I’m working on something with focus.

I use Safari for day to day admin, shopping, and random internet searches.

I used Firefox when Safari simply refuses to load a page properly, which happens more often than I’d like.

On iOS:

ARC when I need to focus, Safari for everything else.

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I run Google Workspace in Chrome on my Mac and iPad. And use Safari for most other sites (except for those that don’t run correctly in Safari). I use apps for almost everything on my iPhone and rarely use Safari for anything.

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I read that the Mozilla foundation gets 81% of its revenue from Google. My guess is that after Google makes its initial round of appeals it will offer to stop paying Mozilla and Apple. If I worked for Mozilla I would already be sending resumes to everyone.

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Firefox with Ghostery, Ublock Origin, Privacy Badger and a custom choice of tracking protection settings. On my iPhone and iPad I mostly use Safari but again I have Ghostery running although for really hardcore “you ain’t tracking me” surfing I use DickDuckGo’s browser and then burn the cookies once finished surfing.

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Yeah, that is what worries me about Firefox. Brave seems fairly legitimate. Im giving Arc desktop some time to really decide on what it wants to be.

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Brave on macOS. Safari on iOS.

I tried safari on macOS but it not as fast, compatible, automation friendly. And if I add enough extensions, safari also consumes as much battery as Brave.

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I try to use Safari for most browsing, but at work there are websites I have to use that only work in Chrome. Occasionally I’ll file a bug report but the reply is mostly “Safari is unsupported, use Chrome”.

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Mostly use Firefox on desktop (MacOS) but also dabble with Brave. Safari on iOS just because it’s so baked into iOS. I dumped Chrome a few years ago.

I want to use Safari on Desktop but it always has nagging and frustrating quirks that are annoying in the moment and I switch back to FF or Brave.