Switching back to Safari

[Driftwood]

I'm a Mac/Apple guy through and through. I like it that all my stuff syncs.
Four of five years ago, I started using Chrome because once Google bought YouTube, that was the most efficient way to watch videos ad free.
I know what everyone says about Chrome, but it worked, and I could watch videos without being annoyed. That seems to be gone.
Today I moved back to Safari.

What say you as far browsers go?
This is obviously something you can't Google.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I like Safari, but I’m an all-Apple guy.

A few years ago I was on Linux and Android, and I preferred Firefox.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I'm all over the map. Firefox on my Mac, Safari on my iPad and iPhone, Firefox and Chrome at work depending on the task.

 

[Gym Beam]

On a Mac I have Vivaldi, Chrome, Firefox and Safari open right now.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Whichever will update on my laptop and phone I'm good with. In a couple of weeks, though, I will have to migrate to a Dell PC because we're changing production to an app-based system that won't work on my Mac.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Almost all Safari. Easy and clean surfing experience. My only exception is for a gig whose admin only works in Chrome.

 

[Severian]

Firefox on computers; Orion on mobile.

 

[BTExpress]

I use Brave for desktop and mobile. It claims to have blocked more than 2.1 million ads in the two years I've been using it. All I know is I never instructed it to do anything, yet there are never any ads on YouTube, Tubi or anything else I use. It just skips right over them. Occasionally there will be a little blip where the ad would be starting, but then it goes right back to the video.

 

[SixToe]

Used Firefox for several years and then switched to Chrome, both on a Mac, but can't remember why I switched.

Have not seen any compelling reason to switch from Chrome to Safari. I know the latter is supposed to be superduper for Macs and Chrome supposedly has some wonky stuff when working with Macs. I haven't seen anything that would make me want to switch, though.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Used Firefox for several years and then switched to Chrome, both on a Mac, but can't remember why I switched.

Have not seen any compelling reason to switch from Chrome to Safari. I know the latter is supposed to be superduper for Macs and Chrome supposedly has some wonky stuff when working with Macs. I haven't seen anything that would make me want to switch, though.

Chrome is a product of an advertising company which sees you as a main product. Best avoided.

Firefox is better. Faster than Safari, too, plus it doesn't disable ad-blockers.

 

[Severian]

plus it doesn't disable ad-blockers.

It also doesn't tell you which add-ons you can and can't install.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Apple: Stop using Google Chrome.

Microsoft: Stop using Google Chrome.

Google: ‘Phased Out’—Google Confirms Bad News For 3 Billion Chrome Users — Forbes

Maybe stop using it? I dunno.

 

[Webster]

Fun Connections today

 

[Songbird]

MacBook Air.

iPhone ... which I got a year ago and hate; there's a reason Samsung is galaxies superior.

Chrome.

I love Chrome.

I've used Safari and Firefox and they're fine but Chrome is like riding gnarly Pacific waves all the way down to shore.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

The best thing about Google Chrome is the way it steals all your personal information and hands it off to the giant advertising company responsible for its development. Makes Microsoft look safe by comparison.

 

[Songbird]

There’s nothing more of mine for them to steal.

They’re all pilfering our privates.