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Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by cube2222 »

Could you describe what you are actually adding on top of the new Safari?

Tab groups are there, sync of them too, keyboard operation too, sharing as well (your improved sharing does only seem to work when both the sender and receiver have your browser, so for a niche tool, it probably won't be useful that often).

Which would mean, based on your landing page, that I'd be paying 15$ per month for split-screen.

Don't get me wrong, I think innovating on the browser and trying to find new paths, different to those that have been treaded for years is great! 15$/mo is also ok for a big value-add. But I don't see much innovation here that's not also in the status quo.

Please show me what I'm missing though, as I probably don't have the full picture.

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by garciasn »

elpax wrote: post #14

I literally never post comments on HN but what is this product. Is this $15/month browser for MacOS ? Fancy browser with grouped tabs, split-screen and sharing but still just browser. I think I'm just too poor to understand. I hope that your product will succeed because then I will know that in this world you can sell ice to an eskimo.

I make enough money to support $180/annual for a product; however, I see no reason to pay that kind of money for a web browser. It costs the same as a full-priced Windows 10 Pro license.

I'm sure there are folks who are willing to pay that kind of money for this experience, I'm just not one of them.

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

sauravmitra wrote: post #28
41209 wrote: post #7

15$ a month is a ton of money. I'd prefer 50$ one time if possible. The other issue is I simply don't know y'all. You could be keylogging everything for all I know. Even now I tend to use Chrome for secure browsing and Brave for AdBlocked browsing

Fair point, can't convince you we're trustworthy just by telling you, but I can still say it anyways :P We don't use keyloggers. We don't sell your data. If we did, it would be a breach of our privacy policy and you could sue us, right? (Don't know if I should be suggesting you sue us, but since you won't have a reason to, think we're safe :p)

> Don't know if I should be suggesting you sue us, but since you won't have a reason to, think we're safe :p

This is the strongest, most credible privacy guarantee, imo. Ask your lawyer to make you as ridiculously vulnerable as possible, perhaps with a small “good faith error” clause.

When you get big, you will turn evil. Bind the company now, and it will remain trustworthy for many more years.

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by MahyadGhassemi »

dwb wrote: post #38

I'm so, so in for browser modernisation, I really like the look of what you're doing, I'm a devoted vim addict, and I'll be trying the demo later. But honestly $15/month is extremely pushing it, to the point that I probably won't go for it. Presumably i[Pad]OS is on the roadmap?

Thanks for the comment and yes iOS and iPadOS are on the road map. In terms of pricing we are still workshoping this since we are a very young company (under a year still). Pricing isn’t set in stone, but we try to work with our users feedback.

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by Narishma »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #30
janus24 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No 32-bit? What's the market share for this one ?

At the moment, older model Raspberry Pi's and other ARM-based devices - everything else has moved on to 64 bits already. I don't think 32 bits needs to be supported anymore for consumer applications.

I still use a couple of 32-bit netbooks.

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by MahyadGhassemi »

mattl wrote: post #44

- What is the OS part of your name? - What is a neo-browser?

The OS part is more of the vision for the future of our product and where it can go (as well as the fact sigma.com was taken ;(). A neo-browser are browser that essentially try to have a new take on how a web broser should or could be

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by sauravmitra »

whydoineedthis wrote: post #17

Workona tab manager does most of that for free. It doesn't have split screen, but it has better bookmark management. Without personal discipline, niether of them solve my real problem of tab diahria as I go down 6 nested rabbit holes trying to solve multiple problems, some which do get solved, and some need exploring later, some which need to be archived. Please, for the love of God ditch messaging. I don't need 1 mo…

I agree on the personal discipline side, but I also think browsers can guide you towards a behavior with their design.

Give it a go and tell me if it improved your flow or not.

I get you on the whole messaging aspect, though I personally find it so useful for work. Ali and Mahyad can just send me pages without having to pollute Slack with a bunch of links.

Re: Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designed for faster work

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Post by mattl »

MahyadGhassemi wrote: post #48
mattl wrote: post #44

- What is the OS part of your name? - What is a neo-browser?

The OS part is more of the vision for the future of our product and where it can go (as well as the fact sigma.com was taken ;(). A neo-browser are browser that essentially try to have a new take on how a web broser should or could be

You plan to make your own operating system? How will that work given your reliance on OS X?
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