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As the title suggests. I want community opinions on the Arc browser.

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[–] IanAtCambio@lemm.ee 90 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You HAVE to make an account and sign on when you first open it. On a privacy focused sub, that should be an instant DQ

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] IanAtCambio@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Disqualification

[–] guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dairy Queen. Their ice cream is kinda ass compared to local stuff.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that's something different

[–] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not really. DQ is a fairly large chain.

[–] TealNinjaLlama@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Disqualification

[–] Lodra@programming.dev 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

With chromium being poisoned last year and Mozilla trying to diversify away from Firefox, I’m starting to wonder what browser I should be using in the near future. So I’d really like to hear some opinions on arc browser!

EDIT: Aaand it’s chromium

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arc is Chromium based. In other words, you're still using Chrome/Chromium.

Firefox and Safari are the only two browsers (seemingly) left on the market with their own rendering engines. (Gecko and WebKit respectively)

So while things are fucking bad at Mozilla, it's important to try to get people to use Firefox so market share will increase enough that Mozilla won't want to diversify away from Firefox. I know that's living on hopes and dreams, but that's better than just rolling over and letting Google take over the modern world-wide web.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot about epiphany! /s

[–] scroll_responsibly 3 points 1 year ago

That’s WebKit… so basically Safari lol

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Only if you use it in emacs.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

chromium being poisoned last year

Can you please expand on that? I don't use chromium except when I have compat tests to run but still curious.

[–] Lodra@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here’s a random article on the topic to get you started.

Basically Google is destroying anonymous web browsing by embedding finger printing in chromium. Certain trusted servers will track your identity and report whether or not it trusts you.

It’s actually very similar to how Single Sign On and identity providers work. Except you aren’t choosing to use it with a “login with Facebook” or similar button. It’s forced on you by the browser

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This article only mentions Chrome, not Chromium. So I looked it up and found this:
"Web Environment Integrity (WEI) is an abandoned API proposal previously under development for Google Chrome.[1] A Web Environment Integrity prototype existed in Chromium,[2][3] but was removed in November 2023 after extensive criticism by many tech groups.[4]"

[–] Lodra@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Oh really??? I wonder if there’s hope for chrome after all. Though I’m still sticking with Firefox 🙂

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://privacytests.org/

PS for all the haters of open source facts : Even librewolf references this site for browser testing.

https://librewolf.net/docs/testing/

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 year ago
  • Proprietary
  • Based on Chromium
  • Requires an account to use

Instant nope from me!

[–] KY13KR385@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I think Arc is a very interesting browser. I’ve tried using it on and off, but I have read a few blogs/posts that suggest it’s not very privacy forward. One of my biggest pet peeves with it is that it’s built on Chromium, and it requires you to have an account/login. Here’s a great privacy review, my apologies if you’ve seen it already: https://adam.kostarelas.com/blog/arc-browser-privacy-check/