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Comment by lxgr | Hacker News Reader

I agree in principle, but wouldn't wish the coupon catalog emulator that Edge has become onto anyone. It's beyond bizarre.

My personal picks are Firefox on Windows and Linux, and Firefox or Safari on macOS.

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Firefox with Ublock Origin here.

I use Safari on Mac OS with Brave on Windows, with iCloud keychain passwords sync between the two.

How do you sync that?

There's an official Apple extension for Chrome for that now, surprisingly: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/icloud-passwords/p...

For Firefox (Not official):

https://github.com/ArakawaHenri/iCloudPasswords_for_Firefox

Isn't Brave basically what Google is trying to turn Chrome into? I use Brave on my mobile phone, but honestly I'm kinda turned off by the weird advertising it shoves on me despite theoretically protecting my privacy.

I just go with Firefox on any actual computer since I can lock it down with whatever extension/config I want.

On Brave many of their ads can be permanently disabled in various settings menus. I use Brave on my phone and laptop and can't recall the last Brave ad I've seen.

Ahh ok - I think what I kept seeing were "Sponsored Images" on the new tab page. Finally found a setting that can be toggled to "Default Images" - hopefully that removes the ads. Some of them have been close to the line of appropriateness for me (i.e. weird anime mobile game ads with suggestive visuals - not something I want a full screen image for).

Yep, definitely configurable. My new tab background is just a plain, purple-y gradient.

believe it or not, these features are liked by edge users.

Saved me 20% the other day

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