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Ask HN: What browser do you use?

2•Pieczasz•2h ago
At work, I use Chrome mainly because I work on an observability and analytics product, so it makes sense to use the browser that sends everything, everywhere by default.

Outside of work, though, I use Zen and have also been thinking about switching to Mullvad. Privacy-focused browsers, or even simple extensions like Mullvad, Zen, Brave, LibreWolf, or Firefox with uBlock Origin are easy to install and use these days, so I'm wondering why so many people still stick with Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

What keeps you using your current browser?

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stalfosknight•2h ago
Safari because of the seamless integration with Apple platform features and because it is the most energy efficient browser while still being the most performant. It’s the best of all worlds.
Pieczasz•1h ago
If you are tied to apple ecosystem, then obviously Safari is going to be the fastest one since its apple specific so they can optimize it for their hardware, though I think with as powerful computers as we have right now, you can run almost any browser without performance issues
maruan21•25m ago
Same here, I love it. I've also caught quite a few Safari only bugs because I was "that one dev on the team who uses Safari" - everyone needs a Safari dev on their team.
JohnFen•1h ago
I came back to Firefox after a stint of trying others out. I returned because, despite all of its downsides, it's still the least bad option of the ones I've tried.

But (despite that I used to be hardcore Firefox user and advocate) I'm not married to any particular browser. It's so easy to change browsers that I'll do so the instant one that better meets my needs comes around.

Pieczasz•1h ago
Have you tried any other firefox based browsers, like Zen, or LibreWolf?
JohnFen•1h ago
Yes, I have.
moizrocky1•1h ago
I've been using Dia, and this got better after the recent inclusion of Spaces similar to Arc.

But, I'm suffering from RAM issues. Got 24GM RAM M5 (Non-Pro) MacBook Pro and about 10-15 tabs open, I'm consuming 19GB RAM with 5-9GB RAM in swap.

I mean... now I'm wondering if I should've got higher RAM.

Since I came from Air M1 8GB RAM, I thought 24GB is plenty enough but seems like not.

Pieczasz•1h ago
It's plenty of RAM, I think it's not your machine's fault, it's just that Dia afaik uses chromium and chromium likes ram, I used to use arc, and I was not willing to switch to Dia looking at what The Browser Company did to arc
eliagatti01•1h ago
I currently use firefox, works well for me.
Singular_Child•1h ago
Been using firefox recently, least laggy out of that chrome and (eww) edge.
mrdependable•1h ago
I just started using Brave Origin after trying to switch to Safari for a while. Safari felt aggravating to use after having used Chrome for so long, but Brave has been great.
leosanchez•1h ago
Firefox with ublock origin plugin on desktop as well as android.
runjake•59m ago
Brave with all the cruft turned off except Brave Shield. Chrome isn't bad either.

I'd love to be able to tolerate Safari, but it's just not a good day-to-day desktop browser.

KomoD•39m ago
Depends on what device I am using. Currently Thorium/Chrome, sometimes Firefox.

I'm currently moving away from Chrome though, as I can no longer use any MV2 extensions because all the workarounds stopped working.

mzehrer•25m ago
Vivaldi on desktop and mobile. It's still chromium for compatibility, but the tab handling fits me. And of course the social/political aspect is appealing (I'm from the EU).
mirmor23•3m ago
> so I'm wondering why so many people still stick with Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

most non-tech folks aren't even aware firefox exists; they just use whatever is already installed;

i predominantly use firefox, since its firebird days (v0.6 perhaps?); i switch to chrome when its one killer feature, inband language translation, is needed; firefox has a translator, but it is rather lackluster;