Does it matter on an iPhone? Unless something changed, Apple only allows reskins of Safari.
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It matters somewhat, in that you may be able to sync things between mobile and desktop if you use the ios version of your desktop browser
Kinda Brave/firefox can keep a lot of ads from bogging down things.
Well it matters for everything but the rendering engine. Some browsers have extensions, others don’t. Some have poor usability like Chrome and others like Arc work way better.
Firefox for Android as it's one of the only mobile browsers with comprehensive addon support and helps to keep Google's WebKit/Blink monopoly at bay.
I’ve been using Orion. A bit buggy but it offers proper extension support, including ublock origin (it supports Firefox and chrome extensions)
You're on iPhone... They're all the same Safari/WebKit browsers.
Unless you're a EU user?
That’s kinda my understanding as well.
Brave/Firefox, although basically reskins, help keep ads at bay.
I like Firefox Focus.
Every time you close the app (swipe up on the app switcher) or use the trash button it cleans every bit of cached or stored data including cookies, so every time you open it you have a fresh browsing session and it’s harder to be followed around the web.
Obviously inconvenient for banking or the like, so I also have Firefox (regular) installed which stores my login sessions.
I use Firefox Focus as well, but I had to disable the "top 250 websites" recommendations when typing in the URL bar, it's like adverts to my mind.
Funny, I actually started out with them disabled but I re-enabled them in the past year since I’m terrible at mistyping.
I wish there were a way for only the app to know which sites you’ve visited previously so it could do a better job of helping my typos without exposing that data to websites you visit.
Edit: oh I also wish you could have the address bar on the bottom :/
You can in fact set any URL you want to autofill. The setting is under search > automatically fill in URLs > manage websites.
even so, I would prefer my typo go to DuckDuckGo and then I choose among those options than be auto-corrected and directed to an irrelevant website Firefox chose (which is what happens to me). That said, I'm not usually going to a top 250 website, so - your use case might be different.
I forgot to mention a fringe benefit of Firefox Focus: I feel like it forces me to do a better job of not just opening a webpage and telling myself I’ll read it later (I never do). Since the session is ephemeral and the webpage will be gone if I don’t read it right away, I actually get down to reading the articles more often.
This may also be a side effect of Lemmy, though, since there’s less content here than on reddit.
I use Orion it allows Firefox and Chrome extensions which (kinda) work
Firefox
Honestly none. My favorite android browser would be kiwi but it's not exactly actively maintained which feels very insecure. I'm currently using firefox but it's nothing like its desktop equivalent.
I use iceraven, a fork of Firefox. Though I'm unsure of its availability on iPhone as I'm an android user.
Vivaldi.
Firefox, but I'm on Android so I don't know how it would compare on Apple.
Fennec (the f-droid version of Firefox) on android. It's not been updated in a while though, which is concerning...
I use Mull. Unsure if it's on iPhone though.
I'm trying Arc browser right now, quite cool with support for firefox and chrome extensions, but the extensions all broke after a week. Crummy experience. Brave is the best AFAIK.
DuckDuckGo
Was using DDG browser for awhile after Firefox. Started recently using Safari Privacy mode plus Wipr, an ad blocking extension, one time fee but the developer is privacy focused. Ad block test gets 100 score vs 70 on DDG or Firefox. Other peeps mention already but all browsers are just front ends for Safari on iOS, as far as I understand.
Safari with content blockers, Firefox Focus, and Orion with uBO.
I use Firefox everywhere else, but for my Android I'm on Brave.
Sure, adblock and tab grouping is a plus but my main reason I use it (i.e. over Firefox) is because of memory. When I have six FF tabs open, my Samsung model shoots at least three down the moment I enter another activity or open a new tab. They survive on Brave.
I'd still use Brave on iOS devices too -- as another commenter said, it's a webkit reskin but at least it's got good Adblock.