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Add to SafariWhen comparing Puffin vs Dot Browser, the Slant community recommends Dot Browser for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop web browsers?” Dot Browser is ranked 37th while Puffin is ranked 38th. The most important reason people chose Dot Browser is:
Has a great add and tracker blocker built in and far more anti-fingerprinting tools than firefox.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Renders Flash
Games and videos. Most mobile browsers don't support it.
Pro Seriously fast
In tests performed by PhoneArena, Puffin consistently outperformed any other browser both on synthetic JavaScript speed tests as well as real world cold page loads.
Pro Optional touchpad and cursor
Some websites require hover.
Pro Data savings
Puffin servers can compress pictures before you download them for faster page downloads and data savings for capped data plans.
Pro Loads banned websites
It loads websites which other browsers don't.
Pro Built-in reading mode
Reading mode allows removing everything on a page but the content. It removes ads, styling and anything else that could get in the way of a comfortable reading experience.
Pro Privacy focused
Has a great add and tracker blocker built in and far more anti-fingerprinting tools than firefox.
Cons
Con Logs browsing history
According to their privacy policy, they log the URLs of all websites visited by their users.
Con Poor privacy
Con No apple mobile version
There is an Android version, but no iOS and ipadOS version yet. Iphone and ipad users are out of luck for that time being.
Con No adblocker
It doesnt have a adblocker unlike the pro version.
Con Blocked in some countries
Puffin is blocked in China, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Con Rendering flash has ads
Con Backed by github.com
GitHub is known for making the ad blocker, libre, and hosting such open source users such as tech pros. This browser was just made to make it more private than Firefox. However, it might crash.
Con Outdated Firefox fork
Even 1 Firefox user doesn't recommend dot browser because it lacks many privacy features.
Con Logs browsing data to Google/Microsoft
According to their privacy policy, they log all the websites to Google and Microsoft browsers in clicks.
Con Another bloatware of Mozilla Firefox
This browser discribes itself as a open source browser but it is bloatware. It is a rip off of Mozilla Firefox which is said to be a RAM eater and github tracks you along the internet.
