Any compelling reason to use Safari in 2022?
I've used Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Opera, etc. But every time I use Safari it just feels like an app with gimmicks and fancy UI but without actually offering the power I need. Most of it is due to how Safari handles extensions: I don't want each extension to be installed like an `app' on macOS! And I certainly don't want to install extensions through App Store because it all feels too "sandboxy". On top of that, some of my shortcuts don't work there, e.g., going back is CMD-← in Chrome, but CMD-[ in Safari.
Why should I consider Safari in 2022? Are there privacy reasons? Better integration with Apple's ecosystem?
Others gave some proper responses. Nobody mentioned battery, which is a pretty important aspect imo. Firefox will drain your battery in 3 hours, if you use Safari you can at least double that amount. Also, I don’t know if this only happens to me but, if I connect my Mac (i9, 16” 2019) in clamshell mode to my 4k monitor it’s going to get super hot with Firefox but it won’t with Safari. If this does not matter to you then Firefox is the best out there. I keep them both and use them accordingly.
Firefox is still the only contender to the Chromium dominance IMO. Safari is way to much locked into the MacOs ecosystem and the performance is not great compared to Chromium/FF in my experience - anecdotal data
Both privacy and integration.
Any compelling reasons not to use Safari? The sites I work on have large percentages of Safari users, the rest mainly Chrome. Almost none with FF. I’m going to test with Safari anyway. Works fine for me.
Safari seems to be the only optimized iOS browser. I believe for security every iOS browser is a rewrite of the Safari engine anyway. Might as well go straight to the source then. Of course for desktop Firefox is the only browser with adequate performance and development tools.