The company behind Arc is now building a second, much simpler browser

> Those are the sorts of things that a browser, with access to all your web apps and browsing data, could begin to do on your behalf. And with AI tools like the new “Computer use” feature from Anthropic, that kind of thing is beginning to become automated and possible.

"simple" is probably not the word i would use.

I don't think it's complexity keeping Arc from being a massive company. Notion is probably the most confusing software to use. Not only for new users, but as someone that uses it heavily, it probably gets harder and more complex to use it the more you (and your team) use it. But people still love it, and they have captured the gen z audience (see tiktok).

I wish firefox had better side tabs & workspaces like Arc does, it's the only feature that's keeping me on Arc.

I've tried Firefoxes nightly build with the new side tabs feature but couldn't figure it out as quickly as Arc's - it's so intuitive and I eventually gave up on tinkering with Firefoxes and got back to working in Arc...

This reminds me of a early career Software Engineer who thinks the answer to every complexity problem is to throw it all away and start a rewrite.

I look forward to their third attempt in a few years when Arc: The Sequel gets similar user reviews about it being too complicated.

Truyen