What are the fastest browsers?

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What are the fastest browsers	Price	Platforms	Default Search Engine
-- Brave	-	Android; iOS; macOS; Windows; Linux	Google
-- Google Chrome	-	Linux; macOS; Windows; Android; iOS	Google

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Brave

Top Pro

Safety and privacy well taken care of

Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

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Platforms:Android; iOS; macOS; Windows; Linux

Default Search Engine:Google

Browser Engine:Blink

Price:Free

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Built in Adblock

Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

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Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit. And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning. See More

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Planned optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you will be able to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention. See More

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Tor is available right in the browser

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Free/libre software

Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely. See More

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Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

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Brendan Eich is behind this project's company

Brendan Eich, the inventor of Javascript and co-founder of Firefox, is behind this project's company See More

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Google Chrome

Top Pro

Multimedia Plugins and Codecs included

Google Chrome comes with its own flashplayer and the most common multimedia codecs so you don't have to worry that they are outdated nor do you need to install them as a third party package. See More

Top Con

Not as customizable as Firefox or Vivaldi

Specs

Platforms:Linux; macOS; Windows; Android; iOS

Default Search Engine:Google

Browser Engine:Blink

Bookmark Tags:No

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Syncs between devices

By logging into Chrome using a Google account it's possible to sync history, extensions, passwords, bookmarks and other settings between devices. This makes it great for anyone working with multiple devices as it allows experiencing consistent context when in the browser. See More

Top Con

Basic

Unlike Opera and Vivaldi which are more stable and has more features, Chrome is pretty basic. See More

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Excellent HTML 5 feature support

As of February 2015, Chrome scores highest of all browsers for HTML5 compatibility. See More

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No mobile extensions

Chrome on Android and iOS does not support extensions. See More

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Multiple account login

You can have multiple Chromes with different accounts logged at the same time. And it is really easy to manage different accounts. See More

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Increasingly slow

When Chrome first came out, it was known for being lightweight and very speedy. Over the years, more and more features have been added to Chrome. Because of this, crashes, errors, and general laggy-ness has increased noticeably. See More

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Great built-in developer tools

Chrome comes with built-in developer tools, making testing and enhancing web pages simpler for those of us involved in working with such technologies. As well as being beneficial to developers, this also has some benefit to non-technical users; in that by making testing simpler for developers those developers are more likely to use Chrome for their tests, and can spend more time making improvements over investigating underlying causes of issues. See More

Top Con

Online tracking by default

Chrome allows opting out of tracking by going to Settings > Advanced > Privacy and un-checking any unwanted services. Alternatively Chromium can be used to get a similar browser experience without Google's services on top of it. See More

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Plenty of extensions

There are far more available on this browser than any other, and that may matter for some. See More

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Installs extensions without requiring a restart

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Backed and supported by Google

Whilst Chrome is based on the open source browser Chromium, Google reviews this code and build on top of it. This means it takes (and contributes to) a number of the benefits of the open source model whilst having the resources, support and investment of a major company. See More

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Good performance

According to TopTen Reviews, Chrome is currently one of the best performing browsers for initial (cold) startup, average startup, and navigation times. Works very well with the uBlock Origin adblocker. See More

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Automatically updates

Chrome updates in the background ensuring you're always on the latest version. This makes it much more likely that sites will work on your browser, since (almost) all Chrome users will be running exactly the same version. See More

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Simple user interface

For example, the address bar is also the search bar. Google calls it Omnibox. See More

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Sandboxed Tabs

Every tab runs as their own process, so if one crashes or becomes unresponsive, the whole browser isn't affected. See More

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Huge variety of extensions available

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Works great with many extensions

Unlike Firefox, Google Chrome can keep its fast performance regardless of how many extensions are installed. With more than 10 extensions Firefox gets slower and slower in a geometric progression rate. Google Chrome doesn't care how many extensions the user has installed - 3 or 133 it still performs great. See More

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Customizable by user

Each of the managed users can have their own configuration (themes, extensions, ...) See More

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As of March 2015, Chrome is the most popular browser on the internet, with a 43.9% - 63.7% market share, Its rendering engine Blink is also the most used rendering engine and used in many products including: Opera, Vivaldi, Qt, Brave, Steam or Electron meaning most developers will be testing their sites against this browser to ensure compatibility. See More

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Uses Blink

It uses the blink rendering engine which has removed many legacy khtml/webkit code to be much lighter and faster. See More

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What are the fastest browsers?

2 Options Considered

Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

Safety and privacy well taken care of

Built in Adblock

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Planned optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Tor is available right in the browser

Free/libre software

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Brendan Eich is behind this project's company

Google Chrome

My Recommendation for Google Chrome

My Recommendation for Google Chrome

Multimedia Plugins and Codecs included

Not as customizable as Firefox or Vivaldi

Syncs between devices

Basic

Excellent HTML 5 feature support

No mobile extensions

Multiple account login

Increasingly slow

Great built-in developer tools

Online tracking by default

Plenty of extensions

Installs extensions without requiring a restart

Backed and supported by Google

Good performance

Automatically updates

Simple user interface

Sandboxed Tabs

Huge variety of extensions available

Works great with many extensions

Customizable by user

Popular

Uses Blink

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