A quick look at the Arc and Dia browsers.

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Arc browser, developed by a team of ex-Instagram and Google Chrome engineers, has officially pivoted away from its original vision after realizing their innovative features weren't being used by most users. Despite having a cult following and raising $50 million, the company discovered that 95% of users simply want a reliable browser without complex onboarding. They're now developing DIA, an AI-native browser that uses agents to interact with web pages instead of traditional user-driven browsing, though the success of this pivot remains uncertain.

The most hyped browser just died...

Never got the appeal of Arc. UI didn’t appeal. Nothing immediately compelling. Seems like you have to use it for a bit to discover what’s so good about it.
I’m as happy as pig in sh!t with Vivaldi.

Zen Browser was already the better Open source alternative

They’ll have to pry Arc from my cold dead hands, or at least, let it rot until it’s literally unusable

They were focusing on all the wrong things. I don’t want a browser that reinvents the way users use the web. I have been using the web for 30 years. What I want is a browser actually concerned with privacy and security. I want a browser that has adblock built in by default that actually functions. I want the browser Mozilla promised us Firefox would be.