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Is anyone using Arc browser?
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Yes! I received an invite some months ago. I really like their approach, Arc has some really cool features, but I did took me some weeks to get used to this newer approach. However, their community is very active and they fix bugs super quickly. I do think it is worth trying, you might even end up ditching Chrome or Edge.
I really encourage you to try the browser its features! (Many you can also get with chrome extensions but hey, Arc gives it a very cool and sleek design!).
I still combine Arc together with Safari tho!
I really encourage you to try the browser its features! (Many you can also get with chrome extensions but hey, Arc gives it a very cool and sleek design!).
I still combine Arc together with Safari tho!
So far I absolutely love that there are no toolbars and I can keep the sidebar hidden, because I can switch between tabs, open bookmarks etc with the command palette! It's very fast to use!
Yes, it gets your data (e-mail) before you start using it
The link is public https://releases.arc.net/release/Arc-latest.dmg
In the same “new browser” category: SigmaOS https://sigmaos.com
A company that claims to care about privacy shouldn’t require an email account to sign up and use the browser.
Their privacy policy is nothing more than a bunch of doublespeak.
Their privacy policy is nothing more than a bunch of doublespeak.
@VitoBotta can invite you from the menu of the app
It's quite remarkable that people still queue up to give their data to some tech bros.
That, in and of itself is meaningless.
How does the company make money to pay the team that builds Arc?
Is there much of a difference between the Arc browser and using Safari with the Tab Groups sidebar open? From what I've read it's basically this plus side-by-side tabs.
Not the same thing. With Arc you can keep even the sidebar hidden at all times, and switch between tabs and websites quickly using the command palette CMD+T
I gave it a try, but I find it overly complicated for my simple browsing needs.
I had the same first impression! But then I decided to give it more time and now I love it. Try to get used to the command palette to switch between tabs and bookmarks etc
Clever way to collect valid email addresses:
- before you have access to the web
- before you hand them over all you Safari and/or Chrome bookmarks
They forgot one thing: your browser history.
Why do people fall for things like that over and over again? This is a rhetorical question of course!
- before you have access to the web
- before you hand them over all you Safari and/or Chrome bookmarks
They forgot one thing: your browser history.
Why do people fall for things like that over and over again? This is a rhetorical question of course!
Does this search include the content of each tab or is it limited to the tab name?
If it's just the name then it's basically Safari's [ CMD+SHIFT+\ ] or Edge's [ CMD+SHIFT+A ] though I assume Arc will search all tabs instead of just the current group.
Do people actually give out their real email addresses for stuff like this? I have a dozen or so junk addresses that I only use to sign up for things.
I was invited a few months ago and played around with it. I do think they have some really great ideas but there is a significant learning curve. I think the internet will eventually move this way, and the app will be more relevant in a few years (or bought by Chrome or something), but in the meantime, I've gone back to using Chrome. I just love Chrome's tab management - it is the single thing that stops me from using Safari.
Why do people fall for what? Signing up for a service? They can't do anything with your email address, nor are you even obligated to give them your real email address.
I get that privacy is important but sometimes this stuff verges on outright paranoia.
Quote: "They can't do anything with your email address".
They can sell it as a valid email address. They can sell your browser history. They can sell where you shop online. They can track your location history, etc. etc. Based on that they can sell a profile of your web habits, which leads to answers "tailored to your needs", but is actually paid advertising. That is basically what search engines like Google live from.
Quote: "nor are you even obligated to give them your real email address."
And then you log in to any service with your real email address on the same browser...
Quote: "this stuff verges on outright paranoia"
That has nothing to do with paranoia. Imagine you live in a country which is on its way to loose its democratic foundation. Happening right know before our eyes in several countries in Europe. Should all democratic institutions at some point be gone in such a country, these autocratic regimes will use any information they can get on you.
Unless you use a brand new email address for every service, your address is likely already out there, along with your phone number, your name, maybe even your address.
If your assumption is that every business is blatantly lying and will instantly flip your data the second they get it then you should probably stay off the internet or start running thousands of burner accounts. Hell, what’s to say MacRumors hasn’t sold your info? Why did you fall for that?
Two email addresses are enough: one for family and friends. One for subscriptions, ordering goods, the authorities, etc.
It is better to not trust family and friends as most of them have no clue what they do regarding security when browsing or clicking on an email attachment. And that can unintentionally put you in harm's way. Over the last 35 years I had to change my family & friends email address several times. The "serious" one is still the same.
I didn't say that they are lying. But such a company has to have an income. Where does this income come from besides their start-up capital?
I did not say that. But they will have to – at some point. Not because they are evil, but for economic reasons. Whe then start-up capital will be gone, they will have only two options: charge you for using the browser, or get more funding. Now tell me what is more likely?
I've been involved in some start-ups in the IT world, and the naiveté of such founders is sometimes astonishing. This is how this company starts:
How long will this money last? Two years? Three years?
And they are not in the EU, which means they do not need to publish any legal or tax information about their entity on their website. At least in the EU you know who you are dealing with, because a website needs to have some kind of Impressum, which is part of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation. In the US only California has something similar, albeit weaker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Consumer_Privacy_Act.
Using the Internet is a calculated risk, which requires a certain degree of caution, which in turn requires certain knowledge about the technology behind it.
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