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Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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520 points kevinyew | 4 comments | 04 Sep 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.45s | source
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arnvald ◴[04 Sep 25 13:01 UTC] No.45126784[source]▶
I really appreciate that there's a company trying to reimagine browsers. Arc was an interesting idea, I used it for a few months, but in the end I switched back to Firefox. I haven't tried Dia yet, and now I'm not sure if I should.

I do think that selling a browser is going to be an extremely difficult task, so having an enterprise software machine with huge customer base might help it, but Atlassian strikes me as a company that will eventually just kill the project and turn this into a de facto acquihire.

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1. Cu3PO42 ◴[04 Sep 25 13:06 UTC] No.45126822[source]▶
If you liked Arc, you should try Zen. I understand it brings many of the same ideas to a Firefox base.
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2. 4ggr0 ◴[04 Sep 25 13:19 UTC] No.45126957[source]▶
+1, i used firefox since my childhood, never interested by Arc because it's idiotic to me that a browser requires an account. a while back someone suggested Zen, i now use it as my main browser since a bit over a month. really happy :)
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4. arnvald ◴[04 Sep 25 15:21 UTC] No.45128286[source]▶
Thanks for recommendation, I'll give it a try