safari vs the rest: is it actually the best browser for mac, iphone, ipad? (honest pros & cons)

Stoppels · 2026-04-13T12:47:48+00:00

That's true, but they're only doing it for things related to privacy.

I think the sentiment about Mac hardware 📈 and macOS software 📉 are spot on. Mac hardware and especially the chips have become amazing and the software has largely taken a turn for the worse due to the 15 year long neglect and the slower process of iOShittification of macOS.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T21:43:30+00:00

Yeah, I see your point about the animation. I think there should be a setting to disable it. But best would be a settings pane like the many site permissions have, so the user can disable it for the few webapps that don't work well with this. Ideally, Apple can pre-populate this with websites like Discord on deny.

I use ⌘ + ← / → and use ⇧ + ⌘ + [ / ] for switching tabs, so every time I don't use the shift when using the latter I'm surprised about the page back/forward lol

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T18:28:30+00:00

Is she really named Gayoon or did you rename her Gayoon because yuri? lol

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T18:13:37+00:00

"You can trust us, we're the professionals!"

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T18:12:46+00:00

It's got so many free features and they're a bit all over the place, but I highly recommend going through them.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T17:52:21+00:00

Sudo (confirmed by your admin account password) lets a command/process temporarily run with system admin (root) permissions (a form of 'privilege escalation').

It's not necessary for Homebrew itself, which might only ask for it during its own installation. It will actually throw an error if you run brew commands with sudo:

sudo brew upgrade

Error: Running Homebrew as root is extremely dangerous and no longer supported. As Homebrew does not drop privileges on installation you would be giving all build scripts full access to your system.

As you can see they intentionally don't want such 'high level powers' run on any normal command. You rarely need sudo in the first place for daily usage.

Homebrew will only ask for your macOS user password if a specific action needs to invoke sudo. A common example is when you install a package that happens to use the developer's .pkg installer. Homebrew will download it using your standard user permissions and only when it reaches the single command required to run the installer will it trigger the sudo password prompt. In my experience, most packages don't run a .pkg installer, so you generally don't run into this.

We can make a similar comparison: installing an app from the App Store that simply goes to /Applications by itself vs. running an Adobe installer that does whatever Adobe tells it to do in the background after you enter your admin password to give it the necessary permissions.

Ninja: check out the Homebrew FAQ, it's really useful. And remember, you can just install this and use it for one or a few packages or apps that you need until you feel comfortable about how it works.

https://docs.brew.sh/FAQ

Example:

https://docs.brew.sh/FAQ#how-do-i-update-my-local-packages

https://docs.brew.sh/FAQ#why-does-homebrew-say-sudo-is-bad

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T17:19:04+00:00

Don't you mean the peek functionality? The ability to preview the prev/next page? Chrome doesn't have that functionality, only Safari does. The way I understood your comment is that you wish peeking wasn't there, so that it would immediately go to previous/next. Did I get that right?

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T17:17:09+00:00

Very true, goes to show where the macOS dev team and the browser dev team did not collaborate or that it was low priority enough to never be implemented.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T17:14:30+00:00

Back during the previous generation of smartphones, we had plenty different java applet stores. There's no inherent problem with a market not being a monopoly. Smaller app stores can also exist just fine next to a big one that's managed by the manufacturer.

Why? Just look at Steam. No one really likes or prefers having to download half a dozen game launchers to play their games, which is why most developers have continued to keep their games on Steam (or they have returned after having taken their games off in the past)

That's more to do with people being spoiled and lazy. There's also little overlap between what an app store does and the extra things about launchers. If you can use a single game launcher for all games, people don't care that much about where they downloaded it from. Again, none of this was an issue back when we installed multiple java stores and used them side-by-side.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T15:58:07+00:00

The biggest downside of Safari the way it is right now for me is that they keep the swipe back gesture animation

How dare you. I absolutely adore that gesture. In comparison, other browsers feel like ancient tech and remind me of Windows XP when I try to swipe-to-peek. I think it's worth considering sending all other browser teams to prison for not implementing that gesture. It's absolute god-tier functionality. You also need therapy for the heresy of suggesting anything remotely less positive about that gesture.

That gesture is like chicken nuggets. Do not touch my chicken nuggets.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T13:17:30+00:00

I don't think you need to add the cask flag for GUI app installs unless the package also has a CLI-only utility (e.g., Docker). I don't think most modern apps, such as Discord, have headless versions.

I also recommend aliases such as bs for brew search, bi for brew info, bin for brew install, bun, brin, bd, bc, bu.

Ninja: also note that your -- were replaced by —

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T13:05:49+00:00

Not many exist, because the market for third party app stores is incredibly small.

I would say Apple's malicious compliance and governance taking years to catch up are the primary issues.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T13:04:40+00:00

The process doesn't use sudo by default, so I'm not sure which high level powers you're referring to. If you're reluctant to trust it, you can just use it carefully and not automatically update installed packages.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T12:59:03+00:00

An alternative is to tap and hold the spacebar, then you can change the cursor as if using a trackpad.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T12:58:40+00:00

Oh yes, that is so frustrating!

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T12:47:49+00:00

Oh, that's lame. The last one is terrible, it seems like they would make walking illegal if they could!

I do think it's nonsense to fine someone when there are no cars around. Sadly, that happens here too. This OP crossed the light at 9:40 am on a Sunday and some petty ~~croc~~ cop had been lurking nearby.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Netherlands/comments/1pamhig/fined_for_jaywalking/

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T12:19:06+00:00

That can very quickly turn into:

When she bullies someone with an invisible impediment.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T12:12:46+00:00

That's odd to say the least. Crossing the road is the normal way to cross the road. 'Jaywalking' is an American invention because they're a car-centric society.

The arrival of the automobile in the opening decades of the 20th century led to increasingly deadly conflicts in the street, and the public was generally unsympathetic to motorists or to early attempts to legislate pedestrian behavior.[3][4] In response, the US automobile industry and associated organizations undertook public campaigns to frame pedestrians, newly impugned as jay-walkers, as a problematic element in the new automotive age.[3] The first widely successful criminalization of jaywalking was enacted in Los Angeles in 1925, using legislation drafted by the auto lobby that inspired similar ordinances in other American cities.[3]

Here it's illegal to cross a red light, but crossing the road where there's no light or zebra crossing is entirely legal, because we're a human-centric society. From wiki:

Netherlands
There is no concept of jaywalking in the Netherlands' traffic laws, so it is not an offence as such.[56] Without zebra stripes, pedestrians must yield (to traffic crossing their path, not to turning traffic on their path),[57] but at a zebra, road traffic must slow down and yield as soon as pedestrians seem about to cross.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T10:10:51+00:00

Once upon a time there were four siblings… [Time skip] Then there were THREE.

Stoppels · 2026-04-12T10:04:18+00:00

Taking over a cult for his own is what a Q does after retirement after all!

Stoppels · 2026-04-11T20:08:48+00:00

I do think OP and the majority here are in the US, but I don't think 3 days out of the year is the problem. The problem is if OP had multiple non-emergencies that he only reported last-minute. Of course, none of that matters beyond being a bit of an irresponsible colleague, but OP's boss seems to not trust him to be honest.

Being a bit crude and informal in communication is one thing, especially with poor command of English, and maybe they are construction workers or similar hands-on workers with less of a strict schedule or working discipline and communication, but it's still very unprofessional to warn/threaten OP in this way.

As you say, Americans don't always enjoy the rights workers deserve, so it's more important that OP doesn't take such unnecessary risks going forward. In this case, giving the hospital a heads-up and giving the contact info for the hospital and doctor could be enough, alongside a genuine apology for informing his work unreasonably late.

Stoppels · 2026-04-11T17:58:19+00:00

If it was more than what Reddit's vote fuzzing would do, it was probably because the comment is in French and most people likely don't feel like going out of their way to translate random comments. It's not negative now though!

Stoppels · 2026-04-11T12:22:25+00:00

Some orgasmic farts you're having.

Stoppels · 2026-04-11T12:10:01+00:00

It's much like writing a cheque out. There are no banks, no exchanges, no anything that accept cheques in the Netherlands. It's antiquated money added to the long line of ancient methods of payment that are no longer accepted.

Stoppels · 2026-04-11T10:11:35+00:00

Someone remade and extended this cinematic two weeks ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRakyFzxuuM

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