They decided to use Swift - it will need to be ported to Windows to gain traction and justify the VC funding.
The problem is that the Swift for Windows platform is not really a thing.
Arc Browser 1.0
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Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#122If I'm not mistaken Arc is also a closed source browser. The company has raised $18M since 2020. How are they expecting to make that RoI for their investors? Monetisation for browsers is incredibly hard, and doing it in a way that respects the end user is even harder. Curious to see their play.
The way some people can raise tens of millions on absolute vaporware, in 2023, continues to astonish me.
It’s a fully functioning publicly released product. That’s the opposite of vaporware.
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#123Hard Pass for closed-source browser.
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#124Their website still doesn't tell me anything useful enough about the browser to let me know if it's something that would interest me. It's all just marketing-speak.
What's the point with a bunch of information when you can just download it and try for yourself? If you're at the car dealership, don't you want to take a car for a test ride first, before getting into more details?
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#125From 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).
Seriously the fact the "I made a chrome wrapper" is apparently worth millions in VC funding remains absurd to me.
Why do people care so much about the rendering engine? They are also basically the same for most websites people actually care about, the important part is the UI.
That being said I’d strongly prefer the native WebKit be used since it wouldn’t make the thing 300mb.
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#126In case you are interested in a wrapper for WebKit instead of for Chromium, but one that lets you use your favorite Chrome and Firefox extensions:
Orion Browser by Kagi: Very fast. Zero telemetry.
Lightweight, natively built with WebKit, made for you and your Mac. Industry-leading battery life, privacy respecting by design and native support for web extensions.
Orion supports Firefox and Chrome browser extensions natively. Whether you prefer getting them from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-Ons... as well as bringing support for as many as we can to iOS…
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#127Their website still doesn't tell me anything useful enough about the browser to let me know if it's something that would interest me. It's all just marketing-speak.
What's the point with a bunch of information when you can just download it and try for yourself? If you're at the car dealership, don't you want to take a car for a test ride first, before getting into more details?
Because you want to know what it is like before installing it? From what I gather so far this is not an executable I trust and feel comfortable running on my personal computer.
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#128I've been using this browser all through the waitlist period and it's great! Some of the decisions I don't like (my Bitwarden button is hidden by default which makes password filling hard - I don't have it fill automatically on page load), but overall I've enjoyed using it. My favourite features: - split tabs (I prefer this over tiling in the WM) - little arc - PiP works very well for video calls - I have a bunch of…
I tried arc for a while and I didnt stick with it just because of the tiling. I just miss the flexibility of being able to have more than 3 windows visible in a useful orientation. For me it simply didnt work on a huge screen.
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#129It unfortunately requires an account to use the browser at all. A browser, un no circumstances, should be log-in walled. Seemed like a great user experience as a browser, but unfortunately I uninstalled it as soon as I launched it to a sign in screen.
Well from the privacy policy :
> Why do we collect personal data? > Protect against fraud, or implement additional security measures.
Another play on the verified human angle ?
Re: Arc Browser 1.0
#130Does anyone know what the revenue model is?
If something is free, you're the product.