I had a conversation with Claude about the current state of Web Browsers, from a user’s perspective. Then I asked it to summarize the conversation in a table. (Just in case you were wondering why Chrome is not your best choice.) Category Dimension Safari Chrome Firefox Brave Engine WebKit Blink (Chromium) Gecko Blink (Chromium) Memory 10 tabs All four within ~1.5–2.5 GB; differences negligible 30+ tabs Lightest Heaviest Moderate Moderate Privacy Default tracker blocking Strong (ITP) Weak Moderate; Strict mode → strong Strongest (Shields) Fingerprinting protection Default (Safari 26+) Minimal Off by default Default randomization Telemetry Some Apple services Extensive, default-on Moderate, opt-out, transparent Opt-in only (P3A) Business model alignment Hardware / services Advertising (direct conflict) Google search-revenue dependent Opt-in ads + crypto rewards (controversial) Lock-in Required account Apple ID (for sync) Google account (for sync) Firefox account (for sync) None Full…
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