A farewell to Arc browser

Looking forward to Radian browser, it looks like Arc but is made by an individual, not a company

Arc users, what are you moving to?

Such a braindead move. You go to the Dia product page and it looks exactly the same as Arc. What’s the point? Just keep improving Arc. I know that back when they originally abandoned Arc, Dia looked like a generic Google Chrome clone with AI stapled on, but I cannot imagine what good reason they had at all to give up Arc and burn their entire user base along the way. I’m not a paying user, so I guess they don’t care about me after all.

for the non-Anti-AI crowd, my agents like BrowserOS and I use it all the time

This is terrible news. As a longtime Arc user, Dia just doesn't cut it. Profiles aren't as good to use as spaces, and there's no way to share favorite tabs across profiles as there is with spaces. This is really a dealbreaker for tabs that you need to have open all day.

I have started to use Vivaldi a lot due to the it's built in profiles making it easy to test our application or having multiple instances open at the same time.

It's too bad, this had some nice features.

Hopefully it might get open sourced.

I found it funny that people use Chromium-based browsers and pretend they're unique.

If you want freedom, features and manifest v2 then just use and support Firefox.

I tried it briefly, but it just did not solve a pain point for me. I want my browser to be faster and lighter, not whatever Arc did.

Is this just the product Arc or the entire company? (The Browser Company)

It was cute while it lasted. Felt gimmicky. Left after a while. I enjoy side tabs now. As soon as the AI started I jumped off. Didnt figure Ar would last long. I was right.

Another Apple Silicon only app, another pass. This one doesn't even do you the courtesy of informing you you're downloading an Apple Silicon only binary, just presumes you're not on Intel. I honestly don't understand the thinking behind not clicking the checkbox for the universal binary when compiling.

We need more Servo based browsers, and maybe a free and deblobbed Chromium browser rewritten in Rust. Or, at least, the media and JS part.

most interesting footgun ever

Well that arc was shorter then I expected.

I think we knew this day would come, but disappointing nonetheless. Assuming Zen is the new favourite?

Dia is terrible. Time for me to swtich to a different browser that has the sidebar tabs.

without sounding dense, can anyone tell me why i wouldve even considered trying Arc? just seemed like a hype train with no goal

another proprietary browser gone? oh no! anyway.

lol

Lmao even

Encapsulates enshittification in the current era really well, actually.

The lasting memory of these guys is how they refused to listen to their users. It was insane from the beginning how little they cared what their niche demographic even wanted. It got so bad so fast that after trying to get an invite and waiting a few months by the time I got invited it was already clearly a shit show and I didn’t even bother trialling it. The WeWork of browsers.

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Never trust a product that takes VC funding. Take advantage of the subsidized prices but have your backup ready.

I feel no small amount of satisfaction and schadenfreude, considering how hard this thing was shilled by the usual "Apple supremacist" suspects.