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Comment by dizhn | Hacker News Reader

I don't think I want to have anything to do with this company. Super cringe.

I get the impression that Arc will be a form over function product reflecting someone's understanding of good design and insisting on it. Not that I'd use a closed source browser anyway.

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They're definitely very ... spirited. The browser is good, though, and I know some people who say it's their favorite. It's got some neat power features, and I'm happy to see innovation in the browser space. Their spaces feature is very slick and the main thing I miss when using Orion. I wish them success.

This is the 12th link from this domain over last 10 months and it finally got enough attention to reach the main page with over 150 comments. About 7 months ago browser page had nothing but a field for an email address to put you on waiting list.

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=arc.net

Cringe is an understatement… I would love to see a company that simply stated the point was to make money. Finance companies feel no shame at this, why are tech companies so cringe with the mission and vision stuff?

It got baked into the silicon valley culture for some reason. When the rebellious innovators à la Wozniak and the Berkeley folks merged with trillions of VC spewing finance bros, a weird amalgam was created where while everything is in reality about money, it needs to be sugar coated with drivel about wanting to change the world and solve world hunger via the application of middle out compression algorithms

I dunno, that was pretty well written for a company values thing. Not sure about the browser, but the people behind it seem nice and earnest.

Note that the word "privacy" doesn't appear once on that page. Not surprised coming from yet another chromium browser.

> That thing that compels you all to obsess over the details others overlook, and do it with gusto — that’s heartfelt intensity.

It's also known as moving at crawl speed, unless you have serfs doing the real work for you.

Also, in that link you posted, the Homepage button is at the bottom and opens in a new tab.

Terrible design decision.

Yeah, I'm not reading all that. ChatGPT, please summarize this bombastic article

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