Epic

Just for YOU Jazzyguy!

You see how you behave Jazzyguy? A bully and a troll. So sad. I've made mistakes but you see to not own up to it unless it's quoted back to you like I did. Who's the troll? I guess we both are. But you are worse with hour petulant high-horse superiority about your OS system claiming, "I don't know how you have your system set up. I'm NEVER had problems." HA! Shall I pull up the app you have that post on? You are such a fraud, troll AND bully!

At this time I CANNOT recommend Aviator as an alternative to anything. See my 1/2 star review of the current rendition of Aviator over at its page on MacUpdate. Aviator is AWFUL to the point of being DANGEROUS at this time and I've abandoned bothering with it ever again. That's an incredible shame... on WhiteHat.

WARNING: If you installed Epic along side Chromium, you may find that it is storing / using system folders and files in common. That is what three different uninstallers showed me. DO NOT USE AN UNINSTALLER TO REMOVE THIS. You may cripple Chromium, as well as other browsers that "fork" its code. Simply delete the main application and then do not install it again. This is another reason not to use this browser.

Just to fix some incorrect information: 1. You should NOT run multiple ad blockers at the same time. This is the equivalent of running multiple anti-virus programs at the same time. You’re not getting “better” filtering because they’re both fundamentally doing the same thing. BUT, running two WILL needlessly slow your browser down, much more than any single blocker. So, pick your favorite, and remove the other. 2. Adblock Plus is NOT tracking you. You can easily confirm this by running something like Little Snitch and monitoring your connections— none are going to Adblock’s servers. I believe what you’re referring to is the somewhat controversial “permit some non-intrusive ads” feature. As explained in their FAQ’s, you can easily turn this off. And they even show you their “exceptions list”. Ironically, Ghostery DOES track you, and they clearly explain so (and why) in their FAQ’s. Whether you pick Adblock Plus or Ghostery, their quote-unquote “questionable” policies shouldn’t bother you too much. They both provide a terrific service and functionality. As far as tracking, there’s really no such thing on the internet, even if you use Epic browser or even a Tor browser. They make it difficult, but not impossible. 3. Lastly, it’s redundant to even install an adblocker in Epic. It’s already built in!

With v.2447 the developers have blocked downloads from other parties so its no longer possible to import or retain Chrome extensions. Too bad, but it's also true that Epic has built in ad blocking, tracking and a number of other security features. You have to look up and enter your passwords manually, and History is automatically deleted when you close the browser. This is a good backup browser to be used for banking and other online financial transactions but because of its built in limitations I don't see it becoming anyone's default browser.