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MetaDock: Split Screen Browser

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10 pointsjulienreszka16 comments

Charging for a browser in 2022? Bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them.

Who is this targeting? Any power user who really wants a tiled browsing experience can already do it with multiple windows and any number of free window managers out there. Saved sessions have also been around for a while. No way Meta is any better than Google when it comes to collecting your data.

EDIT: I see it's not made my Meta. Unfortunate naming then.

Not only are they charging for it, it's a $9.99/month SaSS "product" ( ! ) for a web browser ( ??? )

Whack.

Meta? Is that you?

> Any power user who really wants a tiled browsing experience can already do it with multiple windows and any number of free window managers out there.

Same is true for tabs.

Never had a tabbed browser need a monthly subscription though.

This company is an inspiration. Pulling in $10 per user per month for an application specific tiling window manager. Kinda makes you want to start a SaaS company.

Not all useful features are valuable, not all things of value make valuable businesses. That said, good luck to them. Anything that pushes the browser oligopoly to improve is commendable.

Seems rather expensive for a browser add on.

As an arbitrary comparison, one could get Microsoft Office for the same price.

no, you are all wrong , there no such app for windows OS i can see the need for it for windows only

Like Komorebi?

https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi

no , it is opening several windows , im talking about 1 windows which conatins them all . Think tmux for windows

Vivaldi has this + dozens of unique features for free and has been around for ages.

Damn, i3wm is a browser now!

Sidekick browser does the same

Similar features in Vivaldi too

Thanks for sharing.

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