What is your default web browser for 2026?


What is your default web browser on desktop OSs for 2026?  

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  1. 1. At home:

    • Google Chrome
      9
    • Microsoft Edge
      18
    • Apple Safari
      1
    • Mozilla Firefox
      35
    • Opera
      1
    • Vivaldi
      11
    • Brave
      8
    • You have to pry Microsoft Internet Explorer from my cold, dead hands!
      0
    • Other (specify below)
      3
  2. 2. At work:

    • Google Chrome
      19
    • Microsoft Edge
      31
    • Apple Safari
      1
    • Mozilla Firefox
      22
    • Opera
      1
    • Vivaldi
      6
    • Brave
      6
    • You have to pry Microsoft Internet Explorer from my cold, dead hands!
      0
    • Other (specify below)
      5


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I'm using Firefox on Linux, Edge on macOS on my private laptops; on my work laptop, Edge is only an option for a small number of whitelisted websites. For everything else, you have to use Firefox.

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I just use Edge on all my devices, including my phone. It comes pre-installed with Windows and it's a great browser, so I might as well use it if it's already there, no need to download another one.

I absolutely hate Google Chrome on Android, just because I can't install extensions like Dark Reader, that's a deal-breaker for me. Edge and Firefox both allow certain extensions, but Chrome doesn't for some reason.

On 22/02/2026 at 16:17, leonsk29 said:

I absolutely hate Google Chrome on Android, just because I can't install extensions like Dark Reader, that's a deal-breaker for me. Edge and Firefox both allow certain extensions, but Chrome doesn't for some reason.

Edge allows uBlock on Android?

Firefox is now my default browser on the desktop and mobile.

It got to the point where it bothered me all the tracking and data collection Microsoft do had become just as invasive as what Google does.

All I could really do to show I disagree is to not use software / services from such companies where possible.

After trying and testing them all, I find Edge to be the fastest, more feature-rich of them all. It is based on Chrome so it's lightning fast. Way faster than Firefox.

I always use the most leading edge available Firefox as my default on every platform. That's Firefox Nightly on Debian-based Linux, Windows, Android, and macOS. I could also use it on Fedora and openSUSE, but as Firefox Nightly doesn't have a repo for those I just use regular Firefox as updating with a repo is a PITA. At work I use a mix of Firefox Nightly and Edge Canary, with Edge Canary being the default. That's because Edge supports enterprise sites better, especially ones that require Okta, Entra, Oracle Identity Management, etc. 

  • 3 months later...

Firefox at Home.

Mainly Firefox / Safari at work (on macOS), occasionally edge.
I use edge to sync my work bookmarks to keep separate from everything else. 
The free version of the adguard browser extension works quite well enough at work. 
 

Vivaldi ftw, as an old Opera user I've been using it everywhere since the very first preview. My only wish is I could use it at work, but alas, no luck so far. The only allowed options are Chrome or Edge, and while I hate Chrome with a passion and I would much rather use Edge than Chrome, the company policy limits Edge customizations a lot more than it limits Chrome for some reason, and some of those are things I just can't live without, so I have to suffer with Chrome where even tab switching is a pain...

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