It’s difficult to convince people to make any changes even if they want to It’s even more difficult to change to a different browser. It doesn’t matter if you’re on Chrome, Edge, Safari or any of the other hundreds of choices, you’re happy with what you prefer. DuckDuckGo will have its work cut out for them if they wish to get users to join their new macOS browser However, they also have clever arguments in favor of privacy that may eventually convince you to ditch Chrome.
DuckDuckGo’s Mac browser is in a closed beta for a while until now however, as of today the beta is now open. Anyone with macOS can download the application on the official website of DuckDuckGo and test its new privacy features.
What can DuckDuckGo’s browser provide Mac users
The whole ethos of DuckDuckGo revolves around privacy of its users, and that’s the area where its most important features are located. One of the best features is email security that offers you the @duck.com email address that you can use any time you don’t wish to give away your primary address. The @duck.com account forwards emails to your main email address address, offering you an advantage over both. This feature is available since August, and is built-in to Mac OS. macOS browser.
Undoubtedly, one characteristic that’s sure to please will be the Duck Player. It’s an YouTube player created by DuckDuckGo that blocks cookies as well as targeted ads, and automatically employing the most privacy settings YouTube offers. Although DuckDuckGo will only guarantee specific ads will be blocked, they also state that that the Duck Player should duck most advertisements in general. This is my experience thus far.
You can utilize this Duck Player on a video-by-video basis, or be the default whenever you click on a YouTube link. It is compatible with features like captions and videos with a resolution of 4K however you’ll have leave the player to view YouTube-specific features such as comments.
Another exciting feature is automated cookie pop-up management. If an alert pops up on a site that asks you to select your cookie preferences, the browser will pick the most stringent privacy options for you, automatically. It is frustrating to be constantly making choices about cookie settings when you visit new websites, which is why I’m 100% in favor of this policy percent.
Password manager integration isn’t available currently however it’s a priority of DuckDuckGo to integrate it into future browsers. For now, it’s the company’s own password manager (which includes autofill as well as payment details) and full support for Bitwarden and the integration of 1Password’s global autofill feature.
While all browsers provide choices for clearing data and history, the DuckGo option is integrated into a browser window known as”the Fire Button. You can decide to delete information associated with the tab currently open as well as all tabs in the window currently in. However, because cookies are necessary to keep you logged into websites, you can list specific sites as “Fireproof”–DuckDuckGo saves their cookies, so you don’t need to punch your username and password in every time you start a new session.
In the present, DuckDuckGo doesn’t have the perfect record in terms of privacy. This year we learned that the company permitted Microsoft trackers to track users in the iOS as well as Android browsers because of an agreement on syndication between the two companies. Thankfully, that’s no longer the situation which means you won’t encounter these issues in the DuckDuckGo macOS browser. While it’s not a perfect solution, it’s pleasant when a technology company is taking steps to safeguard your personal data rather than take advantage of it to make money and I’m eager to see where their browser is headed in the future. The app is currently in the beta stage, with the Windows version being locked behind closed testing, meaning there’s a lot of tasks to get completed.
