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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 threatofrain »

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)

Is this how you defend your marketing claims on privacy? Sue us if we have a data breach?

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

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Post by MahyadGhassemi »

akshaynathr wrote: post #40

A free version with limited features would be great

Heya, yep this is something we are workshoping, to make sure we still give a great experience on the free version without you feeling unnecessary restricted. But for now you will have 14 days free so you can use it and feel how the product is :)

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

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Post by MahyadGhassemi »

tmikaeld wrote: post #24

You'll probably get too few monthly subscriptions to make it sustainable.. Suggestion -> Make the basics free, add the collaboration features as an addon.

Thanks for the suggestions, we are seriously considering these options, as mentioned under few of the other comments, the pricing isn’t written in stone for us since again we are workshoping that currently :)

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

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Post by sauravmitra »

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #43
sauravmitra wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Honestly, agree 100%. How do you communicate that to users though? The trust is hard to gain.

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

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Post by MahyadGhassemi »

meerita wrote: post #52

Unisntalled after being requested email and 14 day trial.

Sorry to hear that, in terms of the trial we wouldn’t take your payment details until your trial runs out. In terms of your email we don’t use it for marketing or spam, it is more for being able to record your feedbacks you send us in app. But as soon as you want them delted you can request it and we quickly delete everything for u

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

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Post by neurotrace »

sauravmitra wrote: post #23
0x62 wrote: post #16

Absolutely no chance I'm paying $15/mo for a browser without: - Extensions - Adblock - No support for CMD+W (?)

Good points! We're working on extensions and Adblock right now, so should be out soon! For CMD-W, we're trying to change how you think about pages to something you "mark as done" as opposed to just "close", and changing the shortcut helps make that change for users. Try it out and let me know if you think it's necessary to support CMD-W :)

Are you planning to adopt an existing browser extension API or will extensions need to be rebuilt for Sigma?

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

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Post by steviedotboston »

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

This isn't ever going to be an operating system, that makes no sense.

Also "neo-browser" is a dumb term. This is just a browser. Slightly different than others, but fundamentally it's a tool for viewing web pages.

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