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What is your favourite browser for iPhone or iPad? What features make it your top choice?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Safari because all other "browsers" are basically wrappers for Safari and yes even Google Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Safari.

I love the tab bar to the moon and back. Every other browser is just Safari with an asterisk, since Apple makes everybody use WebKit.

I don’t use Chrome on any of my devices, so I’m not worried about missing out on sync. The fewer Google products I use, the better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

WebKit. It’s all WebKit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Firefox. I love how it integrates with Firefox on the other half dozen devices and computers I use daily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Safari ...and FYI every browser on iOS uses Safari's WebKit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use Safari but if Firefox was like how it is on Android with addons then I'd be using that instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

lol is someone just downvoting anyone who doesn’t use brave? i don’t use brave, come downvote me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Used to use firefox until it somehow became shit and was forced to change to safari. Super annoying. Used to be a great app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Orion Browser which comes with a built-in add blocker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

+1

Been using this on my iPad pro for several months. I love the flexibility for extensions. It's not perfect but I enjoy the trade offs even if it does randomly slowdown sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also using Orion! It’s the only one that’s convinced me it’s better than Safari, primarily because it’s actually more aggressive with power savings than Safari. The implementation to kill idle tab processes almost immediately is very effective imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Safari. I know a lot of people don’t like the UI but I do. It also is the most performant of the three big ones and it’s not a google product, so I don’t have to worry about it getting killed tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mostly safari. But when i need to move a website from my iPhone to Windows i will open it on firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Chrome. I would love to use Firefox but it doesn’t have translate.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chrome, safaris ui sucks so much I cant stand it. I also feel like its considerably slower.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chrome is literally using the same tech. All browsers on iOS are basically just Safari with a different UI.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same… blocks all YouTube ads

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Edge lately. Don’t sleep on edge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll second this. I really like it. Apple just added the privacy feature of FaceID locking incognito tabs that Edge has had for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Blakerboy777
SOMEBODY hates Edge so much that this is the only downvoted comment in the thread. Crazy the amount of hate Microsoft gets, I also use Outlook just because it’s a better email experience than iPhone’s built in app.
@TwinTurbo