What are the best U.S.A. based web browsers?

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What are the best U.S.A. based web browsers?

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Best U.S.A. based web browsers	Price	License	Based On
-- Safari	-	Proprietary	N/A
-- Microsoft Edge (Chromium)	free	EULA	Chromium core with proprietary UI
-- Google Chrome	free	EULA	Chromium with proprietary Media codecs and Addons
-- Brave	free	MPL-2.0	Chromium core

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Safari

Top Pro

Sleek design

– No distraction stuff like favicons in tabs, all that borders, bevels and embosses in panels like in other browsers, no ugly shaped tabs. – Neat adress bar. – Good looking start “show all tabs” screen. See More

Top Con

Even on OSX not the best experience

Video controls are bad especially on Youtube. Only few browser extensions. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:WebKit

Default Search Engine:Google

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Top Pro

Extremely fast

Top Con

Does NOT block Ads

Doesn't block ads, unlike browsers like Brave and Vivaldi. See More

Top Con

Outdated rendering engine

All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left. See More

Top Con

Poor support for new web technologies

Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

While Safari is currently available gratis (without monetary charge) on Mac OS X, it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefore neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Con

Terrible support for open source formats like .VP9 or .ogg

Apple does not support open source formats. Instead, they use H.264 and H.265. See More

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Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Top Con

Synchronization between PC and phone is weak

Although synchronization between computers is similar to Chrome, synchronization between PCs - phone is weak. See More

Top Pro

Great UI

Specs

License:EULA

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Browser Engine:Blink

Default Search Engine:Bing

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Top Con

(Integration with) Windows designed by Microsoft so that deinstall/ install of browser of user choice is extremely elaborate

Let's just wait to see history repeat itself, and Micorsoft being fined for it. (Again!) See More

Top Pro

Fast

Top Con

Microsoft sends all your browsing history to Microsoft and tracks you by default

Microsoft Edge collects less information than Chrome, but still is collecting data about you and your interests. See More

Top Con

Unlike the legacy version, it doesn't have the option to set aside tabs which was a very useful feature

It does give you the option to give feedback for people who want setting tabs aside back, but it's not likely they're going to add it. See More

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Google Chrome

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

Top Pro

Excellent HTML 5 feature support

Specs

License:EULA

Based On:Chromium with proprietary Media codecs and Addons

Browser Engine:Blink, Webkit on iOS (since Apple does not allow third-party web engines)

Default Search Engine:Google

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Top Con

No mobile extensions

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

Top Pro

Uses Blink

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

Top Con

Huge memory hog

Each tab and extension in the browser uses significant chunks of RAM, giving the browser poor performance on machines without enough RAM to supply. See More

Top Con

It's Google

Data collection! See More

Top Con

Not fully open-source

While most of Chrome is open source: Chrome does have some closed-source components to make it possible to play some closed media formats. See More

Top Con

Bad for battery life

Drains battery life on both Windows laptops and Macs much quicker than the alternatives. It can shave hours off the battery life of any non Chromebook laptop. See More

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Brave

Top Con

Quite intrusive advertisements, especially on Windows

Advertisements keep popping up in the Windows notification center. Must opt in to ad system, but no option to disable sound for ad notifications only. See More

Top Pro

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

Specs

License:MPL-2.0

Based On:Chromium core

Browser Engine:Blink

Top Con

Brave is an Ad company

Brave Software is a for-profit company (though users must opt into Brave ads and Brave doesn't track users.). See More

Top Con

Useless built-in 'ad blocker'

Its adblocker is useless to be honest. Since the extension uBlock Origin is a great blocker by itself, the Brave ad blocker does not block every ad! See More

Top Con

Promotes search engines that track users such as Bing and Google

Google Search is the first search engine on the list. See More

Top Con

Cache dump

Doesn't clear cache well, shows same page even after emptying it until you ctrl+F5 to get fresh page every time you visit the page(s). See More

Top Con

Creator support limited

Most creators don't use it and so will not profit from the crypto system. See More

Top Con

Poor customer support

Only customer support available in Brave community. Mods usually do not help. See More

Top Con

Bookmark management

Bookmark management is not as seamless as other browsers. See More

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score 6 · Answer 5

What are the best U.S.A. based web browsers?

4 Options Considered

Safari

My Recommendation for Safari

My Recommendation for Safari

Sleek design

Even on OSX not the best experience

Extremely fast

Does NOT block Ads

Outdated rendering engine

Poor support for new web technologies

Proprietary

Terrible support for open source formats like .VP9 or .ogg

Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

My Recommendation for Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

My Recommendation for Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Synchronization between PC and phone is weak

Great UI

(Integration with) Windows designed by Microsoft so that deinstall/ install of browser of user choice is extremely elaborate

Fast

Microsoft sends all your browsing history to Microsoft and tracks you by default

Unlike the legacy version, it doesn't have the option to set aside tabs which was a very useful feature

Google Chrome

My Recommendation for Google Chrome

My Recommendation for Google Chrome

Online tracking by default

Excellent HTML 5 feature support

No mobile extensions

Uses Blink

Huge memory hog

It's Google

Not fully open-source

Bad for battery life

Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

Quite intrusive advertisements, especially on Windows

Free/libre software

Brave is an Ad company

Useless built-in 'ad blocker'

Promotes search engines that track users such as Bing and Google

Cache dump

Creator support limited

Poor customer support

Bookmark management

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NetSurfer Browser

My Recommendation for NetSurfer Browser

My Recommendation for NetSurfer Browser

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