I used Arc a lot for a long time, so I get the frustration. It sucks to lose a tool you've built your whole workflow around, especially one with so much personality!
that said, I switched to Dia a while ago and I'm honestly hooked. Looking back, I think The Browser Company made the right call... trying to keep two browsers going would've meant doing neither one well, and Dia feels like where they've put their energy: AI built into the browser, not just tacked on...
It's never fun when a product people love gets shut down, but I'd rather they focus than slowly let Arc fall apart.... as far i can see, I hope they make the switch as painless as possible for everyone still using it 👍
Just yesterday I was telling someone how much I love Arc and the fact that they haven't touched or "improved" it.
I get that you have to make money somehow and that security is bigger concern now than ever before. I'd happily pay $10/month just to keep using it as is, similar to how Basecamp still maintains old versions of the product for people who like that they got.
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It was just yesterday I was telling my team to use arc. Ah, time flies.
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Oh man, this is a bummer...I loved Arc so much, but stopped using it because our company disallowed it (that was a soul-crushing day). Their introduction of Spaces and bookmarks as tabs was such a game-changer for me. Killer team doing really cool stuff. I'm honestly supportive of almost anything that lets those guys keep surviving as a company doing what they do. It's product development as art ❤️
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I think people aren't really angry about losing a browser. They're angry about losing the workflow they built inside it like spaces, pinned tabs and years of sidebar habits... a sunset is a lot easier to swallow when there's a clean export of exactly that.
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I used Arc a lot for a long time, so I get the frustration. It sucks to lose a tool you've built your whole workflow around, especially one with so much personality!
that said, I switched to Dia a while ago and I'm honestly hooked. Looking back, I think The Browser Company made the right call... trying to keep two browsers going would've meant doing neither one well, and Dia feels like where they've put their energy: AI built into the browser, not just tacked on...
It's never fun when a product people love gets shut down, but I'd rather they focus than slowly let Arc fall apart.... as far i can see, I hope they make the switch as painless as possible for everyone still using it 👍
Just yesterday I was telling someone how much I love Arc and the fact that they haven't touched or "improved" it.
I get that you have to make money somehow and that security is bigger concern now than ever before. I'd happily pay $10/month just to keep using it as is, similar to how Basecamp still maintains old versions of the product for people who like that they got.
It was just yesterday I was telling my team to use arc. Ah, time flies.
Oh man, this is a bummer...I loved Arc so much, but stopped using it because our company disallowed it (that was a soul-crushing day). Their introduction of Spaces and bookmarks as tabs was such a game-changer for me. Killer team doing really cool stuff. I'm honestly supportive of almost anything that lets those guys keep surviving as a company doing what they do. It's product development as art ❤️
I think people aren't really angry about losing a browser. They're angry about losing the workflow they built inside it like spaces, pinned tabs and years of sidebar habits... a sunset is a lot easier to swallow when there's a clean export of exactly that.