How many of you use Safari on everything?

ChrisD. · 5 Jun 2024 at 07:43

spile said:
I need to share bookmarks and links across different platforms so I use Chrome and Google Drive.

You say that like Chrome is the only option. :cry:

spile · 5 Jun 2024 at 15:46

ChrisD. said:
You say that like Chrome is the only option.

For me it pretty much is.

Johnz0r · 6 Jun 2024 at 20:53

ChrisD. said:
FIrefox is a massive battery drainer in my experience. I'd probably just use Chrome or Edge for things where Safari doesn't work, but it might be a simple Safari setting you can change.

Totally agree with this I was wondering why my battery drain was substantially higher suddenly then realised it was Firefox. Again, it's a shame that I can't use this as my primary browser when I'm away from the charger as it's excellent.

I'm settled with Edge on the Mac now as the battery life is much more palatable (shame it's a bit bloaty).

Cromulent · 7 Mar 2025 at 15:06

Well after the recent Firefox scandal I'm back on Safari. I'm thinking of getting Wipr 2 but before I buy it I wanted to see if any of you use and what you think of it? It is £4.99 on the app store.

Scott C · 7 Mar 2025 at 15:11

I use it on macOS & iOS, very happy with it as I was with Wipr

I also have a sub to 1Blocker, apparently they released v6 last month which I’ll have to have a play with

ChrisD. · 7 Mar 2025 at 15:13

Cromulent said:
Well after the recent Firefox scandal I'm back on Safari. I'm thinking of getting Wipr 2 but before I buy it I wanted to see if any of you use and what you think of it? It is £4.99 on the app store.

I just use a combination of network wide ad blocking with Adguard Home and superagent in Safari.

SpartaP · 7 Mar 2025 at 15:13

Yep can vouch for Wipr. Used the first and purchased the 2nd, it does the job very well.

Cromulent · 7 Mar 2025 at 15:16

Thank you all!

ForrestGrump · 10 Jun 2025 at 13:58

I’d use it on Windows if I could.

ForrestGrump · 10 Jun 2025 at 13:59

Faded said:
After setting up a new laptop I decided to give Safari another go. One major issue I've found is that is seems to have an issue with audio when consuming YouTube content at higher speeds. Chrome deals with the audio fine with these settings.

Google has form when it comes to YouTube, they got caught doing the dirty on Edge. Googles underhand tactics are why it’s being punished in several lawsuits that they have utterly lost.

it’s certainly an anti competitive issue created by Google itself rather than a fault of Safari or any other browser other than chrome.