diff --git a/home/linux/gui/base/browsers.nix b/home/linux/gui/base/browsers.nix
index a12e5a8a..ef783dfa 100644
--- a/home/linux/gui/base/browsers.nix
+++ b/home/linux/gui/base/browsers.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
   ];
 
   # source code: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/master/modules/programs/chromium.nix
-  programs.google-chrome = {
-    enable = true;
-    package = if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 then pkgs.chromium else pkgs.google-chrome;
-  };
+
+  # open-source upstream Chromium, the base for all the browsers below
+  programs.chromium.enable = true;
+  # the world's most widely used browser, with deep Google account and services integration
+  programs.google-chrome.enable = true;
+  # Brave's privacy-first build (Shields ad/tracker blocking), minus the crypto/AI extras
+  programs.brave-origin.enable = true;
+  # Microsoft's browser, with built-in phishing/malware protection, x86_64 build only
+  programs.microsoft-edge.enable = pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64;
 }
diff --git a/hosts/idols-ai/preservation.nix b/hosts/idols-ai/preservation.nix
index 840edca8..093ba013 100644
--- a/hosts/idols-ai/preservation.nix
+++ b/hosts/idols-ai/preservation.nix
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ in
         ".mozilla"
         ".config/google-chrome"
         ".config/chromium"
+        ".config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Origin"
+        ".config/microsoft-edge"
 
         # ======================================
         # CLI data
diff --git a/modules/darwin/apps.nix b/modules/darwin/apps.nix
index c6105300..cd266623 100644
--- a/modules/darwin/apps.nix
+++ b/modules/darwin/apps.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ in
       "squirrel-app" # input method for Chinese, rime-squirrel
       "firefox"
       "google-chrome"
+      "microsoft-edge"
 
       "ghostty" # terminal emulator