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Phones What browser do you use?
- Thread starter Michael Goff
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Safari on Apple gear. Chrome on everything else.
reasoning: most of my gear is apple gear. i don't trust google, but Chrome is mostly similar to safari (both webkit originally) and works pretty well on Linux and Windows. They actually respond to bug reports (i've made one and had action on it), whereas Mozilla seem a lot less interested until the developers themselves hit that particular bug (same bug reported to Mozilla went nowhere).
reasoning: most of my gear is apple gear. i don't trust google, but Chrome is mostly similar to safari (both webkit originally) and works pretty well on Linux and Windows. They actually respond to bug reports (i've made one and had action on it), whereas Mozilla seem a lot less interested until the developers themselves hit that particular bug (same bug reported to Mozilla went nowhere).
When on android, it's always been Chrome. But on my S8, my gosh, the Samsung internet app is outstanding! Just as smooth if not smoother than Safari on my iPhone 7 Plus. This app alone could give me pause about going to other Android phones as Chrome is generally laggy on every phone I've tried.
on my Mac, iPhone and iPad: Safari
Samsung S8: stock Samsung Browser which is almost as fast/smooth (if not faster/smoother) then Safari on my iPhone
Samsung S8: stock Samsung Browser which is almost as fast/smooth (if not faster/smoother) then Safari on my iPhone
Okay. Just threw the beta on and ... Yep, it's faster than Chrome. That was before I threw on a spyware filter, social filter, and annoyances filter on AdGuard. Now it's screaming fast.
I'm just using the built-in, non-beta version because of Chrome bookmark sync, but I've heard beta is even faster. Crazy.
I would like to try Samsung Internet Beta on other smartphones other than the s8 but I do not see it available in the Google Store when I search. I assume it is not compatible then and I probably should not try to sideload it if there is an apk out there?
Safari on all Apple gear, Chrome (begrudgingly) on any Android devices and my Samsung TabPro S. I link Chrome just fine on laptops but really find it's a poor experience on mobile. Wish Samsung's browser was available for all Android devices.
Thanks Michael! I completely forgot about Opera.
Although technically true, Opera was all about privacy before they sold everything to a Chinese company. You can scoff at privacy if you want, but that's how you get your data stolen, and with the rise of more malicious malware, it's not silly to start re-thinking what software you use.