When I switched from Chrome to Safari on my daily driver MacBook Pro, I was getting over an hour of extra battery life, which is a very significant gain. Yes, you can tweak and fiddle with Chrome to make things better, but better is still far from best.Īlso: Google is really annoyed you're using Microsoft Edge Both have been highly tuned to the platform they are running on and offer the best battery life and thermal performance possible. On Windows, that is Edge, and on Mac and iOS that's Safari. If your device is powered by a battery, then you're best using the stock browser.
Specific to the individual use case.īut, with that said, I can still come up with a number of good reasons to dump Chrome.