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So it's Chromium, but instead of Google having all of your data the data goes to The Browser Company and Datadog and somehow also still Google (via GCP Firebase)? And the FAQ link for why you need an Arc account goes to a missing page (https://resources.arc.net/hc/en-us/articles/19401542261911-B...)?

Is the pitch really just that it's not Google and a rearranged sidebar? What am I missing?

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Arc is trying a bunch of crazy stuff. Really innovating on the browser experience—which I didn’t even think was possible. Some of their stuff sticks. Some of it doesn’t. I enjoy the wild and bumpy ride.

My fear is that they’ll slowly evolve into just a vanilla Chrome clone as they iterate to improve their usage metrics. :( A lot has already changed since last October.

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