{"slug":"firefox-vs-safari","title":"Firefox vs Safari","url":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/firefox-vs-safari","faqCount":5,"faqs":[{"question":"Is Firefox more private than Safari?","answer":"Both prioritize privacy differently. Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention and Private Relay (with iCloud+) are strong built-in protections. Firefox's privacy advantage is extensibility — with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and other extensions, you can build a more comprehensive privacy configuration than any browser ships with by default. For out-of-the-box privacy, they're comparable; for customized privacy protection, Firefox wins."},{"question":"Can I use Firefox on iPhone?","answer":"Yes, but with a limitation: on iOS, Apple requires all third-party browsers (including Firefox and Chrome) to use WebKit as their rendering engine. This means iOS Firefox is effectively a different UI on top of WebKit, not the full Gecko-based Firefox engine. You lose some Firefox-specific rendering behavior and extension support on iOS."},{"question":"Is Safari available on Windows or Android?","answer":"No. Safari is only available on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS — Apple's own platforms. There is no Windows or Android version. Apple discontinued the Windows version of Safari in 2012. This is a fundamental limitation for users who work across Apple and non-Apple devices."},{"question":"Which browser uses less battery — Firefox or Safari?","answer":"Safari uses significantly less battery on Mac hardware, particularly on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4 chips). Safari accesses hardware-level energy efficiency optimizations that cross-platform browsers cannot. Independent benchmarks consistently show Safari extending MacBook battery life by 10-30% compared to Firefox or Chrome under similar workloads."},{"question":"Does Firefox support Chrome extensions?","answer":"Firefox uses its own extension system (WebExtensions API, compatible with Chrome's manifest V2) but does NOT directly run Chrome extensions from the Chrome Web Store. Most popular extensions (uBlock Origin, LastPass, Bitwarden, Grammarly) publish separate Firefox versions available at addons.mozilla.org. 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