Chrome is just not doing it for me anymore so I’ve been looking at alternatives, I was gonna default to Opera but I came across this browser called Arc. It’s super new and macOS/iOS exclusive (though that will soon change) only having its public release a little over a month ago.

It seems to have a super rabid user/fanbase which kind of freaks me out a bit… because it’s a browser. It lowkey feels cult-like and if I didn’t know any better I would think it’s a scam, but then I saw MKBHD and his podcast crew review it and they were quite positive towards it.

Has anyone tried it?

Just use Edge

BRAVE out now

Tried Brave a couple years ago after S recommended it a hundred times, didn’t really like it.

Why not? It's also a browser

looks cool, lots of customization if u into that

recently switched from brave to firefox.

too many issues/missing features on brave + i was getting graphical glitches only on the browser

been using it for the past couple weeks. it's nice, I like it coming from chrome. don't know how long i'll stick with it but for now it's been treating me well

its wicked ive been using since the first beta

thing i love is how open the company is about changes/updates

they are also very community forward in listening to changes

@op ktt2.com/the-browser-company-presents-arc-32526125

just use firefox

this is basically a more proprietary chrome with extra steps

Is the battery drainage as bad as I’ve seen some say it is? I’ve seen people say it drains 15-20% of their M1 in about an hour, and I’m still working with an Intel so I can only imagine how much worse it is.

eh i've not noticed much difference to chrome, which is what i used before.

intel macs ymmv tho

one thing i would say a lot of people i've recommended it too have struggled with the sidebar, it takes some getting used to but once muscle memory kicks in - i dont think i could switch back to a traditional browser.

having different profiles in different spaces - meaning i can separate my work stuff to my personal stuff is great. so organised

firefox is the only option.

Check out Orion. It's infinitely better than Arc, which is just heavily reskinned Chromium, and is also macOS/iOS exclusive and native.

Imagine the look and feel of Safari, except you can also install Firefox and Chrome extensions natively. It's f***ing fire. Runs on WebKit not Chromium too

Edge is still too clunky, only usage it gets by me is cause of Bing chat

Edge is not clunky at all lol

You are a loser

Brave always the heaviest on my laptop

Firefox #1