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Safari is just Apples Opera (before they went Blink and made themselves irrelevant). They aren't great, just another proprietary browser. Every time I've used
by smaudet 3y ago
Safari is just Apples Opera (before they went Blink and made themselves irrelevant).
They aren't great, just another proprietary browser. Every time I've used it has been sub-par. It reminded me a lot of Opera in that it was very opinionated, even if it tried to offer some feature. Apple makes money off of apps, not websites, though, so it makes sense they don't invest much into their browser.
- sanxiyn 3y agoSafari has the fastest JavaScript engine. In many respects, Safari's implementation is top notch. Apple makes money off phones and people use Safari a lot on phones. I don't understand why people think Apple don't invest on Safari.
- troupo 3y agoBecause people are in arms about Web Integrity API, but a lot of the same people will crucify Safari (and Firefox) for not implementing a bunch of Chrome-only non-standards (like the plethora of hardware APIs)
- jeltz 3y agoAnd Opera had the fastest rendering engine. Still did not make it a good browser.
- xctr94 3y agoSubpar on what? That’s the important part. For my non-techie family, it seems to do everything they need WHILST saving a lot of battery life. If that’s the criteria, it’s a great browser. I’d never use it due to lack of uBlock Origin and good dev tools, but it’s hard to argue with the speed and battery efficiency on macOS.