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zimpenfish

> Do we have a problem with firefox on mac?

Uh, yes? There's 18 here (just for January 2022, mind) of which only 4 don't affect the Mac version.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-0...

December 2021 has 13, only 1 doesn't affect the Mac.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-5...

etc. etc.

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A similar look at Safari vs Chrome on Mac would reveal that Safari is much less secure than Chrome; given that many iOS exploits rely on WebKit, the average iPhone user is strictly less secure because of Apple's ban on fair browser engine competition.

Safari: https://www.cvedetails.com/product/2935/Apple-Safari.html?ve... Chrome: https://www.cvedetails.com/product/15031/Google-Chrome.html?...

2019: Safari: 166, Chrome: 312 2020: Safari: 76, Chrome: 228 2021: Safari: 33, Chrome: 309

> Safari is much less secure than Chrome

Not by CVE metrics? Which metric are we talking about here?

By your standard, then every non trivial app should be banned on mac, including safari.

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