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

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[–] coralof@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Brave, because of the built-in adblocking.

[–] kraftzingles@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Currently I use safari and duckduckgo. I'm waiting for apple to allow other browsers to actually use their own software rather than basically be safari in new clothes and without access to extensions. Sadly.

[–] penitentOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Safari. I really like Hide my email (and private relay is a nice bonus). Not sure if those are available on the other browsers.

[–] AnotherPerson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Chrome to sync all my browser stuff across platforms.

[–] cazool@cazool.xyz 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just standard Safari. I use NextDNS to block ads.

I don't see the purpose in using other browsers currently considering they all use WebKit.

[–] alien@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Duckduckgo with NextDNS and somehow it works well and fasts with my old iPhone.

[–] kosmicpulse@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[–] bit@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Always end back on safari. Solid privacy defaults while still working perfectly for most websites.
Other browsers, like Orion, keeps stopping important websites from working

[–] Valdair@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Chrome. Used to be Safari for continuity across my Macbook but then a bunch of extensions I used got killed and I never went back. Chrome has all my account info saved across all my devices so it's easiest to just use that.

[–] the_robomafia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Safari for the privacy/ adblocking

[–] coolfission@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Safari. It's the best for battery life and performance and I think all iOS browsers use Safari's WebKit rendering technology anyway.

[–] Jdp459@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Chrome, just because I use it on the desktop and like how it syncs like safari does. I still keep safari on my mac and my iphone but most of my usage is chrome now, I would switch back to Safari or even Firefox, but the extensions I use are only in chrome for my day to day work.

[–] Thief@lemmy.myserv.one 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.

[–] ravnswood@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Safari, but I’m trying out Vivaldi. Looks good, scrolling is not as smooth as expected for a browser, but it’s just a beta.

[–] Jezebelley@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Safari. Feels the fastest. 1blocker has been just as good as ublock for me and Userscripts is a great replacement for Tampermonkey.

[–] namesare4squares@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Userscripts across iOS Safari and MacOS Safari via an iCloud folder accessible to each. Has made life much easier for me on mobile.

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[–] Balssh@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll definitely be in the tiniest minority, but I use Edge on both my laptop and iPhone. Despite the general hate towards Microsoft I see online, their browser is really well made and so behaved better than Firefox or Chrome in the past ~3 years.

[–] kuroshi@lemmy.ramble.moe 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.

[–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] zombiepete@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Safari does everything I need.

[–] the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

WebKit because its the only browser allowed on iOS/iPadOS.

[–] Deemo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Safari due to extensions.

I have tried out Orion since it can use chrome/firefox extensions (though its hit/miss)

[–] thanksbrother@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Edge lately. Don’t sleep on edge.

[–] Blakerboy777@kbin.social 2 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.

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[–] hortivert@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Edge on desktop is wicked, but on iOS and ipadOS it just feels clunky. The way safari lets you navigate it like an iphone with swipes instead of button presses is unparalleled imo

[–] thanksbrother@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Won’t disagree that there is some clunkiness on iPhone, but it’s such a better experience on desktop for me that I still favor it on iPhone because it allows me to access my spaces and other features and I just hope the mobile experience smooths out. I don’t like using safari, and opening what I was looking at on my phone quickly and easily on desktop is nice.

[–] Nerdlinger@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Safari, because it never gave me a reason to look for alternatives.

[–] 0485919158191@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Chrome all the way!

[–] Hazbuzan@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

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