The browser company said on Tuesday that it is considering selling or selling its arc browser as it is trying to produce a new, AI -powered browser to divert resources.
When the company In December 2024 announced the DIAHe admitted that the Arc was a complex browser for many consumers, and he wanted to produce a product that appealed to the public. Since then, the browser company has been releasing Big Fixes and security updates to the Arc, but has stopped developing the app and adding features.
I A new blog postCEO of the company, Josh Miller, said the arc browser went into a “novelty tax” issue.
“For most people, the arc was very different, which had a lot of new things to learn, very little reward. […] In the upper part of it, the Arc was lacking in harmony in both its basic features and basic values. It was experimental, it was part of his attention, but also his complexity, “Miller wrote.
The browser company does not intend to close the Arc completely, but has said it has considered selling it or open source. However, Miller said the challenge in the open source of the browser is that the arc development kit is made on top of an internal SD, which is also the main component of its new browser Dia, and he does not want to give it to the IP.
Miller said, “Although we would like to have an open source arc someday, we cannot do the meaning of ADK without open source. And ADK is still the main focus of our company’s value. This does not mean that it will never happen.”
Especially, Many Arc browser Users The company is asking it to turn it into an open source project.
The browser company’s Dia browser is still in Alpha Testing. The company has not given any date for widespread release, but it states that it will make the browser available to arc members for testing.