It's still based on Chromium, but the user experience is quite different.

On Tuesday, The Browser Company made its unusual new web browser, Arc, widely available on desktop for the first time.

I downloaded it this morning, and have been setting it up and familiarizing myself with its UI over the past few hours. First thoughts…it takes some getting used to, but I’m beginning to really like its organization potential.

  • wilberfanEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    This is such a nice browser that it’s become my daily driver.

    But I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop: Will it enshitify down the road? I don’t mind paying something to support it, but if they go Adobe-level monthly subscriptions or something I’m gonna take hostages.

    (Or, you know, go back to Vivaldi or Firefox.)

    • @clearedtoland
      1•1 year ago

      I’d used for a while on my MBP and it made it run crazy hot. I loved it and used it every day despite that but eventually it became too much.

      I haven’t tried it on my M2 because of that. To be fair though, their customer service responsiveness and dev dedication is absolutely exceptional and unmatched.