Overview
- Safari is optimized for Apple hardware, delivering faster performance, longer MacBook battery life, and seamless iCloud, Keychain, Handoff, and Apple Pay integration.
- Chrome offers the broadest cross‑platform sync and the largest extension library, with privacy perceptions shaped by Google’s advertising business.
- Edge differentiates through integrated Copilot in the sidebar plus Microsoft 365 and Outlook access, with features like Sleeping tabs and Efficiency mode that can add up to 25 minutes of battery time.
- Firefox provides strong default tracking protection and a sizable add‑on ecosystem, though Mac Observer notes Mozilla reversed an early pledge not to sell user data in 2025.
- DuckDuckGo focuses on strict default blocking and recently added password and bookmark sync, whereas Brave brings Chrome Web Store extensions and ad blocking but carries documented trust concerns including affiliate URL changes, Tor‑mode leaks, and lingering background processes.