Some browsers in this list go even further, offering turbocharged privacy that includes VPN and Tor encryption.Ī big factor in browser choice is customization. Several browsers included here let you install plugins that block all ads and tracking. Google has announced that even effective ad-blocking extensions won’t fully work in the future. Perhaps of greatest importance is that Chrome’s built-in ad blocker doesn’t offer true ad blocking and privacy-only ad blocking that permits its own ad network to function unimpeded. This mode lets you read a news article in a cleaned-up view without all the screaming clutter that adorns today’s web pages (present company included). For example, Chrome offers no reading mode, which you find in many of the alternatives included here. If you’re like the majority of web users, you’re using Google Chrome, which means you’re missing a few very useful features.

Many of the alternative browsers that aren't so mainstream offer unique or interesting capabilities, such as greater customization, added privacy, and different browsing tools.

Though large tech corporations leverage their dominance to promote use of their own web browsers, you do have a choice in which browser you use.

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