Given that all iOS browsers have to use Webkit for rendering, are there any privacy benefits in using say Firefox or Brave on iOS over stock Safari?

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I knew someone who complilled chromuim for iOS but don’t have a ton of information

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I recommend you take a look at privacytests.org for iOS browsers to get a better idea of what browsers block what. DuckDuckGo has the best test results in iOS as of this post.

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Thanks. The issue I personally have with those tests is that they compare browsers using their default settings, which makes sense. It wouldn’t scalable to test every setting combination for every browser.

So I wonder how Safari would fare if it’s used exclusively in Private Mode with ad measurement and cross-site tracking disabled.

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Why would you say safari is better in terms of fingerprinting? Or are you saying private relay makes it better?

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I didn’t know about Orion or Kagi search, thanks.

Do you know if Orion is open source? How does Kagi compare to DuckDuckGo search?

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firefox to use uBlock origin + a quick cookie toggle extension. You can’t do that with Safari.

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AFAIK browser extensions on iOS are only available for Safari.

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