One of the most common activities these days is surfing through the internet. The purpose of using the Internet can different for everyone, whether to browse weird creepy conspiracy theories or to find pickup lines or whatever. So here we have listed the top 5 Best Web Browsers that you can use for all your works that provide everything based on your need.
Best Web Browsers
The below list doesn’t follow any particular hierarchy. All are best in their own space.
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is famous and good if you are a bit worried about your privacy, it alerts you if your email is included in a data breach that is known. It blocks “fingerprinting” browser tracking and blocks that allow-notifications popup. It is highly customizable in terms of appearance and it has a wide range of extensions. However, the browser is a bit slow and less consumer-friendly. And it is facing some real loss because of the competition from Safari, Opera and other browsers too.
Some Good Things: It is very flexible; it has good privacy protection measures.
Available For: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Google Chrome
Despite being known for notorious RAM consumption, Google Chrome is a really good browser. With Cross-platform support and sync, autofill features and great optimized results, Google Chrome is one of the best browsers out there. In terms of privacy, however, it is not one of the best ones you can find.
Some Good Things: High Speed Performance, Cross-platform
Available For: Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS
Microsoft Edge
The Microsoft Edge really had a bad image in past years but since its switch to the chromium, the browser has improved drastically. It is the default browser for Windows. It has useful features like reading Aloud, the ability to cast media, good password managers and ad-blockers. Some say that it is even better than Chrome. It is super easy to customize and use.
Some Good Things: Fast, very good privacy tools, saves sites as apps
Available For: Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux(soon)
Safari
Safari is not available for the majority of the platforms but Apple users will agree that safari is fast and cross-platform access make it really good. It blocks third-party cookies and is really good in terms of protecting user privacy. It is clean and good. Just one of the best.
Some Good Things: Fast, Safe, Good Privacy, Good Optimization
Available For: Apple Devices like Mac, iPhones, iPads
Opera
Opera has one of the nicest interfaces among all. Right when you open it, it turns on its built-in ad blocker, uses its own VPN, has a Crypto Wallet, Easy navigation in light and dark mode. It is based on Chromium so it is really fast and well optimized.
Some Good Things: Good Security, Fun Interface, Built-in Proxy
Available for: Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, iOS
[Bonus] Brave
It is a new one in the competition and does all the things that any of the above does. It automatically blocks third-party ads and cookies. It also offers to pay users when they see an affiliated promotion from the browser. It is also based on Chromium so it’s fast and well optimized.
Interesting thing is that is built by one of the co-founders of Mozilla’s Firefox Browser.
Brave is a more-or-less standard browser that lets users navigate to websites, run web apps and display or play online content. It has inbuilt third-party tracker blocking system which works flawlessly every time.
If you still don’t feel safe in normal browsing, Brave provides the safest option to browse the internet, it provides the support of Tor (aka the onion router) project. Brave never remembers what you do in a Private Window. With Tor, your browsing is also hidden from your ISP or employer, and your IP address is hidden from the sites you visit.
Some Good Things: Good Security, Good Privacy Protection
Available For: iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, Android
Conclusion
These are our handpicked recommendations for Best Web Browsers in 2020 that can be used safely in this unsafe cyber world. The most valuable tool for secure browsing is user discretion, especially when you consider that every web browser has encountered security breaches in the past.
If you know about some other ones do let us know.
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