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A browser that requires an account to use? No thanks. The "why do i need an account" popup doesn't properly explain it to me either, syncing should be optional - let me use, or at least try, it without an account first.
Why? Of course so they can have their "registered users" count as high as possible to get another round of VC funding, so that they can drag this thing all the way to the IPO and get a nice and fat exit :)
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I'm like that with a couple of hole-in-the-wall restaurants in the area that people hype, but aren't actually good. I forget their names and visit every few years.
I've watched Prometheus three times because of this. I keep forgetting not only that I've seen it, but that it's awful.
It's disappointing that there's no Linux version. It's a little silly for them to build on top of a multi-platform browser and then eliminate support for 2 major platforms. I had been looking forward to trying this.
They haven't "eliminated" support for other platforms. They are actively working on them. It seems they wanted to get an MVP out and chose MacOS first. It might be annoying for Windows/Linux users but there's nothing wrong with the approach.
It's also kinda patronizing to say "here's how the browser should work" as if people are morons in 2023 and have no clue how to use a browser, let alone their supposed target audience. I'm not even touching the "sign up to continue" issue others mentioned...
The news should actually be they got $18M in funding for this (FFS).
In other words, when is the rug pull coming and what is it going to look like?
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It’s great at least on macOS and iOS. Profiles on the macOS version made me switch to it from Safari as my daily driver.
I've been waiting on their implementation of Compact Tabs. While controversial for some, I personally feel that the new compact tab designs in Safari are a far better user experience and use of space. Kagi's CEO completely disagrees with this, and they're implementing a design similar to Internet Explorer 9. I really want to use Kagi, but I think that their design principals are antithetical with mine and may others.…
> Arc is built from the ground up to be private and secure. We don’t know what sites you visit or what you search for. Immediately following this is a form for me to enter my email address so I can receive a download link. Sorry Arc, that’s not a trade I’m willing to make.
weird, I just clicked on a download link and downloaded the browser; they never asked for my email EDIT: ah ok, they ask for an account after you have downloaded 300MB of junk.
They presumably do this so that people can download it later from desktop using the emailed link. It's easy to mistake it as an attempt to harvest email IDs. The website could definitely use some text which indicates that it's Mac only at the moment.
From https://www.protocol.com/browser-company > Agrawal decided early on not to try and rebuild the whole browser stack, and based Arc on Chromium like everyone else. Ladybird this ain't. More like YACI (yet another chromium implementation).
It's another Chromium wrapper(?), and calling yourself "The Browser Company" is, IMHO, sketchy at best? Requires sign in on launch... https://i.imgur.com/89Oegnf.jpeg
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You can export bookmarks, history, and passwords just like any other Chromium browser.
i just tired it and its even worse: they dont use the chrome bookmarks store at all so you can export it but the bookmarks will just be completely empty!