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[–] viking@infosec.pub 26 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Never heard of that thing, but apparently it was Apple exclusives? Deserved death then.

I'm hoping ladybug will be operational for mainstream use, before the enshittification of Firefox progresses too far.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It wasn't supposed to stay Apple exclusive. In fact, when I last used Windows there was a beta build out for Arc. However, there were also multiple Firefox styles in the CSS Store that made Firefox into Arc.

Then Zen Browser came out, and I'm currently watching it get very popular. I don't doubt that Zen Browser is one of the reasons Arc is shutting down. It's nearly an exact copy, but now with more features (and is constantly coming out with even more faster than Arc can think of them).

I'm excited for Ladybird as well, but I'm not expecting anything crazy when it comes out of alpha and beta. I fully expect to wait a bit, maybe download to contribute some troubleshooting, but it may not be viable as a main use browser for a long time yet.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It'll be a great browser by 2029 IMO, and honestly that's not that long compared to the development time all other browsers have had.

We shall see, I'm excited to start testing it out next year when it's in Alpha

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

Well that's shooting yourself in the damn foot.

Apple users are a tiny percentage, and most of the sort that happily uses whatever Apple gives them without question or concern for other options. I have no idea what this thing did, but if it did something different than every other browser should start targeting Windows and Linux.

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[–] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 29 points 6 days ago

Zen Browser is open source and in active development!

[–] obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago (8 children)

When I eventually managed to test Arc, I felt it was a very overhyped browser. I couldn't see what the fuss was about.

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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 26 points 6 days ago

what a fucking joke, the best thing it did was create the zen browser project, and before that Vivaldi existed that took the spot of zen without the hype

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No Linux build, not git link, why would anyone care?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Because 96% of people aren't using Linux to browse the web.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That figure is entirely irrelevant when you need to target users who are willing to try a new unknown third party browser in the first place.
And you'll find orders of magnitude more of those among Linux users than you do on Mac, which is where Arc launched on.

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It probably has something to do with being only available on Macs for so long.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 days ago

Or them completely shifting development to their AI browser

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The Browser Company, the developer behind the Arc Browser, has announced that Arc is going away

Where? Where did they do this? Why is there no link? They said several times, very recently, that it was not going away. They were just basically going into maintenance mode.

please know this: we’re not trying to shut Arc down.

- 2 weeks ago

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So, no Windows, no Linux, no head?

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

There is a windows and mobile tab on their website

[–] EtAl_isGitch@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I really liked the layout of Arc, but ended up going back to Firefox because uBlock still works on it.

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Try Zen, it used Arc as its main inspiration for the UI and features

[–] Lederrucksack@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's very sad to hear. I am currently using Arc as my main browser for work (I am a web developer) since its launch on MacOS. Guess I need to switch browsers soon then...

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago

Most regular people just use what came with their computer, unfortunately.

So this is a case of a company that made a browser to appeal to techies that didn't see widespread adoption, is pivoting to a new browser that is focused on the central conceit of a product that most techies decry...

Read the room, Arc. Read the room.

This was the browser that required an account to even start using, it was just ridiculous.

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