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Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company

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520 points kevinyew | 3 comments | 04 Sep 25 12:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.021s | source
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thor-rodrigues ◴[04 Sep 25 16:27 UTC] No.45129033[source]▶
I’m not sure whether I find it more worrisome or fascinating that we live in a world where a company that, as far as I know, has never generated a single dollar in revenue has managed to exist for over five years, employ more than 100 people, and still get acquired for this amount.

This isn’t criticism or sarcasm — I’m genuinely impressed, but also very curious about the rationale behind it.

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porridgeraisin ◴[04 Sep 25 16:36 UTC] No.45129136[source]▶
Atlassian essentially got a big fairly locked-in userbase that they will now squeeze using their existing proven mechanisms. Oh and they probably got a few free competent developers without needing to go through an expensive hiring process.

All told, probably worth 610M.

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mritchie712 ◴[04 Sep 25 16:48 UTC] No.45129271[source]▶
are they locked-in tho? People loved Arc, but they killed it. Doesn't seem the reviews of Dia are all that great.
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1. porridgeraisin ◴[04 Sep 25 16:50 UTC] No.45129316[source]▶
I haven't kept track for a while, but whoever I knew that used arc, they found it hard to go back to standard browsers after getting used to its various UI affordances. Even when they pulled the "you need an account" thing most people I knew just sucked it up and created an account. I am assuming a good portion of them will submit to whatever atlassian demands.
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2. youcefb ◴[04 Sep 25 17:04 UTC] No.45129473[source]▶
why not Zen https://zen-browser.app/ ?

I've found it just as good AND it's open source https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop

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3. konart ◴[05 Sep 25 08:27 UTC] No.45136274[source]▶
Because for better and for worse - it is Firefox.