Brave for web browsing, Safari for video streaming. As far as I know, Edge on Windows and Safari on Mac will stream in the best quality possible due to DRM/codecs. Supposedly Safari uses less battery streaming video on Mac too.
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I use Firefox because it lets me use Tampermonkey, and because I also use a Windows PC for gaming.
I use Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari. I like using a browser that is very similar to Chrome, but I rather avoid Chrome. Edge was also forced for using Bing chat for some time. Safari is fine, but you can't use all the plugins that are available for other browsers, and that is a bit annoying.
I used Firefox a lot before, but some websites that I used had some annoying bugs. I'm also a bit more used to the dev tools of Edge. Of course, I test websites that I build on all 3 browsers, and often have more than one open at the same time.
Firefox and sometimes Safari. Since I also have a Windows machine I like to use the same browser on both devices. And I don‘t like giving more data to Google by using Chrome. They know enough about me already
I use Arc and Firefox. Arc is fun and daring, so I'm curious where it goes. I especially like their Spaces, which makes it simple to separate different contexts (e.g. work, personal, entertainment). Not only by cache and cookies, but also visually.
Safari
Firefox and Safari.
I am stuck on Edge on everything. The vertical tab implementation on Edge for me outdoes anything else. I can't go back and no addons do the same.
Firefox on my personal machine and chrome on my work machine.
Safari for personal use and Opera (chromium) for work (webdevelopment).
I'm using edge on a MacBook that I have.
I primarily use Linux nowadays, but when I go back to my M1 Macbook Pro, I tend to use Safari. For me it's all about battery life. I'd love to use Firefox, but the battery drain compared to Safari is very noticeable.
DuckDuckGo for Mac.
Add me to the Arc group. Absolutely the best and most game changing app I’ve used in years.
I switch the OS I’m using constantly, so I use Firefox cause of its pretty nice syncing features and pretty nice dev tools. Though, I have to use Chrome or some flavor of it for testing.
I actually really like Safari and its syncing within the ecosystem is quite handy, but I mostly need something that’s as good on Windows as it is MacOS.
Does anyone else have issues where images copied to the clipboard from Firefox don't paste? They always paste as blank objects for me. Safari and Chrome handle it fine. I would prefer to stick with Firefox if possible.
@rebiots was on chrome for a bit but went back to Safari for the ecosystem features but leaning towards doing a Safari/Firefox split
Brave and Safari
I used to be a Firefox fanboy. But they don't care for resources and just eat ram and cpu for lunch. So, it is not usable for me, unless I close all tabs all the time - which I don't like.
Safari and Edge. I need to use Edge because I have several non-Apple devices so synchronisation presents a problem.
Firefox and Tor browser.
I was reading comments in this thread about Arc, and I was intrigued and watched a youtube video about it. The thing I don't understand (and I haven't tried Arc yet) is how are the Arc tabs different than just leaving the tab groups expanded on the left in Safari? The UI looks almost identical. Is there a usage model that I've missed?
Safari — mostly for the password manager, sms short codes auto entry, and privacy oriented features
I use Arc for the majority of my online life but Chrome for my Genealogy because the BrainTool extension only behaves as I would like in Chrome and it is a fantastic extension for managing all the elements of my research.
Firefox, or Brave when things don't work on Firefox. Arc looks interesting from this thread and I've requested an invite. I keep an eye on Safari, especially new privacy features regularly being added and supported by Apple - though I'm aware of their privacy policy generally means they protect your privacy from everyone except Apple.
You don’t need an invite for arc. Just go download it. I think i used homebrew to get it without an invite
Got it via Homebrew - thanks for the tip
UPDATE: Opening the app asks for a login, when I enter my email it says not on the Waitlist so I guess they've changed it to require an invite before you can use it.
Boo. I uninstalled it a week after installing it. I just use Tree Style Tabs in firefox now which is about the only thing i like in arc. Lord knows we don’t need another chromium browser trying to reinvent the GUI.
Safari here.
Chrome and Firefox but I really want to switch to just Firefox. I wish Firefox had multi user accounts and tab grouping since I rely on those two features all the time.
I use safari. It’s smooth, minimalistic and I like the integration with iPhone.
Firefox, although also looking for a very lightweight privacy friendly browser.
Edge for work, Firefox for personal. Safari for fun sometimes when I’m bored.
I try to use Firefox as much as I can since it's the last rendering engine that isn't owned by Apple or Google.
If Firefox doesn't work I've found Vivaldi to be a nice alternative to Chrome/Edge/Brave.