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Where can I read about this? It still gets regular updates and is front and center on the browser company website

by emoII 1y ago

sphars 1y ago
This was their blog post back in May https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025 https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-...
- swores 1y ago
  Ironic that I wasn't familiar with this company or their products before today, and having read about both Arc and Dia, including reading this blog post you've linked, the product that makes me want to try it is the one they've stopped developing...
  - deinonychus 1y ago
    It's still worth trying and using. The developers consider it a "finished product" and I don't disagree. It does lots of small things well* that many browsers (even the self-confessed clones like Zen) don't do out of the box, if at all. Maybe in two years the browser will no longer be distributed or receive Chromium updates, but it exists and works fine now. * For example, I get a lot of value from renaming my tabs and even replacing their favicons with emojis of my choice. Zen appears to have limited support for this.
    - swores 1y ago
      Thanks, I will do
  - nofriend 1y ago
    It was popular but had no real route to profitability. Hence the acquisition.
hashbig 1y ago
It was put on maintenance mode with minimal security updates to favour the development of their newer product Dia (AI browser).
- emoII 1y ago
  Damn, I really appreciate the decision to do this in a new product. Arc is the best browser I've ever used, and I'd hate to see AI features forced upon me. Thanks Browser Company!
  - jtbayly 1y ago
    I mean, I guess that’s one way of looking at it. On the other hand, they did abandon the product, so you’ll have to switch anyway in time.
  - hashbig 1y ago
    I agree. I think Arc was the biggest innovation in browser UI since Chrome. I think you will eventually have to switch because it will lack behind given that it's not their priority anymore. Zen browser seems like viable alternative but I haven't used it enough yet to know how well polished it is. https://zen-browser.app https://zen-browser.app
    - Apocryphon 1y ago
      This video seems informational, and goes over a lot of other new browser projects too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxhVA5NVQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxhVA5NVQ4
    - jimmyshoes 1y ago
      Yeah, this is the unfortunate part about products kept alive in maintenance mode in a rapidly evolving space. I guess you could argue (as TBC did) it’s actually not rapidly evolving, and that gives it staying power. But eventually someone will reach parity and eventually eclipse the original product. Hopefully Zen does that. I’m just tired of moving the same data to the effectively the same product run by a different team for no good reason.

Where can I read about this? It still gets regular updates and is front and center on the browser company website

by emoII 1y ago

Where can I read about this? It still gets regular updates and is front and center on the browser company website

This was their blog post back in May https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025 https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-...

swores 1y ago
Ironic that I wasn't familiar with this company or their products before today, and having read about both Arc and Dia, including reading this blog post you've linked, the product that makes me want to try it is the one they've stopped developing...
- deinonychus 1y ago
  It's still worth trying and using. The developers consider it a "finished product" and I don't disagree. It does lots of small things well* that many browsers (even the self-confessed clones like Zen) don't do out of the box, if at all. Maybe in two years the browser will no longer be distributed or receive Chromium updates, but it exists and works fine now. * For example, I get a lot of value from renaming my tabs and even replacing their favicons with emojis of my choice. Zen appears to have limited support for this.
  - swores 1y ago
    Thanks, I will do
- nofriend 1y ago
  It was popular but had no real route to profitability. Hence the acquisition.

hashbig 1y ago

It was put on maintenance mode with minimal security updates to favour the development of their newer product Dia (AI browser).

emoII 1y ago
Damn, I really appreciate the decision to do this in a new product. Arc is the best browser I've ever used, and I'd hate to see AI features forced upon me. Thanks Browser Company!
- jtbayly 1y ago
  I mean, I guess that’s one way of looking at it. On the other hand, they did abandon the product, so you’ll have to switch anyway in time.
- hashbig 1y ago
  I agree. I think Arc was the biggest innovation in browser UI since Chrome. I think you will eventually have to switch because it will lack behind given that it's not their priority anymore. Zen browser seems like viable alternative but I haven't used it enough yet to know how well polished it is. https://zen-browser.app https://zen-browser.app
  - Apocryphon 1y ago
    This video seems informational, and goes over a lot of other new browser projects too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxhVA5NVQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrxhVA5NVQ4
  - jimmyshoes 1y ago
    Yeah, this is the unfortunate part about products kept alive in maintenance mode in a rapidly evolving space. I guess you could argue (as TBC did) it’s actually not rapidly evolving, and that gives it staying power. But eventually someone will reach parity and eventually eclipse the original product. Hopefully Zen does that. I’m just tired of moving the same data to the effectively the same product run by a different team for no good reason.