Arc Browser vs. Chrome: Worth The Hype??

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Arc Browser by The Browser Company is gaining popularity quickly, but is it worth the hype? In today’s comparison of Arc Browser vs. Chrome, I’m breaking it all down so you know which browser is right for you.
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0:00 - Does Arc Browser live up to the hype?
0:34 - Speed & Performance
1:23 - Extensions
1:33 - Interface
3:31 - Customization
3:44 - Features
6:25 - Arc Max
7:20 - Ad Blocker Support
8:10 - Privacy
9:25 - Am I Switching to Arc?
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[@DontBeMadBro]

TBH Firefox had picture in picture mode for ages

[@TheTastefulThickness]

Vivaldi is really king of customization. They even have an embedded email client

[@sakib8599]

All browser has picture in picture mode but only Opera and Arc has auto pip mode

[@rzoom895]

One thing I found funny was that Microsoft Edge has a lot of the core features of Arc and more without the extra fluff, such as vertical tabs, picture-in-picture, access to Chrome extensions, tracker blocking, sidebar apps, AI, and a lot more. It's light on memory also, and comparing the vertical tabs experience to Arc browser, it's almost identical. Arc seems unnecessary as most of the extra features can be easily replicated with extensions.

[@Planet27631]

Well who's using edge for anything but dirty jokes? NOONE

[@axel_dc]

and with ms rewards, just by searching I got 2k ow2 coins and Spotify 3months trial

[@magnariuk]

@@Planet27631 I do

[@RhythmButtons]

@@Planet27631 I dunno bout that buddy

[@MohitSharma-wk4qw]

@@Planet27631 i am many are

[@Dave-cg9li]

I've been using Arc for over a year after using Vivaldi. I honestly can't recommend it enough - I tried to switch back to other browsers at first because it's so different, but I always ended up coming back 😄

[@MiguelLatouche]

me too

[@electrology]

Ok. On Windows this browser sucks. If it has to compete against, say, Edge then it should have ai integration from the get-go. Also, it's too stuttering. Not smooth at all. The RAM use is terrible. It's all hype.

[@Dave-cg9li]

@@electrology If the copilot is so important to you, then this isn't the right browser for you. For me, Arc is about being clean and not cluttered. The sidebar took me a while to get used to, but I honestly wouldn't go back to horizontal tabs 😄 But yeah, the Mac version also used to eat a ton of RAM and had a lot of bugs at first, hopefully they'll resolve that. I'd say that the Mac version is definitely worth the hype for me, but that doesn't mean that a browser like this works for everyone haha

[@Dani-kq6qq]

ARC is not clean, 8t is more complex than edge or chrome​@@Dave-cg9li

[@lildeezn]

the UI is hideous and it runs slow as hell on win 11

[@tony_two]

Thank you for this video!

[@andricheli]

You really nailed how I've felt about Arc. I have had access to Arc for about a year, but only dabbled in it because it felt like such a big learning curve. However, I finally decided to go all in with it and I am really impressed. Yes, it took a few minutes to learn, but it wasn't bad and once I invested a little time in customizing and learning how to navigate it, I felt like it was so much more productive than other browsers that I've used. My only gripe is that it doesn't have dark mode and ALL the features on mobile; I personally really need mobile parity because I do so much on mobile. But hopefully those things are coming. For now, it has finally become my default browser.

[@manishjangra26]

Great Content ! Keep it up!

[@Xuxi-Myke]

I will say one thing about the vertical sidebar, you can hide it (there's a shortcut but I have a custom one set so idk the default one). You can check it by going into settings

[@Craylor]

I’ll have to check that out!

[@erdinckaya]

command + S

[@EduardUngureanu]

@@erdinckaya I'm using Arc for lesure and work - I would never go back to Chrome

[@muhammadparacha]

Yeah shortcuts make Arc so good!

[@khanlvr]

It is the best way to operate the sidebar, so you will have a full webpage with no distraction and if you wanna switch tabs (that you wouldn't so often) you just hitting the shortcut

[@asfjkajafmaaklns]

I think generally Arc is draining a lot of battery - something that users have been complaining about. Then on Reddit whenever you bring something up like that, you'd get roasted on how they say Arc is a company with 50 people, don't compare it with well-established organizations all that bs.

[@DarknessSwordmaster]

"Yuo cannot judge it it's made by small team of enthusiasts!", I love that fanboy whining. Reminds me vividly of a fanboy justifying a corporation of their own product of choice. If you make something public, anything, you open in not only for braindead praises but also critique. And you either need to get a grip and take it or get lost because it WILL happen and it will happen sooner than later.

[@placid_danik8030]

Even with the polished UI of Arc, I'm still sticking to Vivaldi for its amazing customizability. Yes, it can feel clunky sometimes, but I had no issues with websites, chrome extensions work out of the box and you can switch between horizontal and vertical tabs on the fly. Love Vivaldi!

[@Craylor]

I’d like to test Vivaldi next!

[@placid_danik8030]

@@Craylor Watching through your videos, you'll probably not like that it doesn't have profile support like chrome has.

[@7rollface]

@@placid_danik8030Yes it does.

[@BrianHartman]

Agreed. I use Vivaldi, and I've been trying Arc since late February. Most of what I see in Arc is either available in Vivaldi or cool, but not something I'm interested in. Spaces are a good example. I don't have separate accounts that I use for different things (e.g., two X accounts or two Facebook accounts) so separating my profiles like that isn't really necessary for me. Workspaces are enough for me to just keep my tabs organized. And combined with tab stacks, I think you can have a lot more going on in Vivaldi (in a more organized way) than you can have with Arc. The potential of Boots looks cool, though.

[@ARBUZIK.dudkin]

Yeah Vivaldi is too underrated

[@faiyazfatin]

Just made the switch to Arc on MacOS and iOS. Absolutely loving the new browsing experience

[@danielisflying]

I have been running into issues with Arc lately tho. When I use dual monitors, switching tabs sometimes makes certain webpages load only partially. Although, hovering my mouse over the glitched sections makes them load in again. But this is an issue I've experienced.

[@mahirdaiyan6898]

i wonder if i should switch to windows to mac in my acer aspire 5733 ( so slow ) and i wanna try smthing new and fast anyways ( already used to many linux distros )

[@alexdenton6586]

A browser should be as simple as possible while blocking ads and trackers Arch seems to complicated

[@MSCS9816]

I believe that it is not hard, I think it depends on your usage. I am still getting to know the ARC Browser better. But what I've done so far with it told me that it's not the average Browser for everyone. It's kind of hard to navigate with a Mouse, but it's great if you know the keyboard Shortcuts by heart. Thats one reasons for me to use Arc. As a developer and tech savvy person I like if I don't have to use my mouse very often. So without mouse it can be pretty fast. But this is just my opinion :)

[@Shouko91]

If simplicity and privacy/blocking ads is the center of what you're looking for, I highly recommend Brave. Very simple browser, which is very fast and the built-in adblocker is top notch.

[@DineshKartikGameDev]

Difference between chrome and arc. chrome is like i am the best when anyone says that he is best he says but all girls has crush one me than others so should i imporve and arc is like i am a new man get out of here will it happen?

[@Luniy5_]

I like how it works but I feel many of the features would slow me down due to my keyboard-centric workflow so I don't really think it's something for me

[@pearlroy]

That mini video player is exits from so many yrs in Opera browser.

[@BILDOGS]

hope chrome just comes out with a vertical tabs option haha

[@54korhan]

cant wait for arc launching on windows 10!

[@FredMorgan-gb5el]

Don’t know if you know this but vertical display is something on edge as well🙂

[@MarkWariner]

Great review. I will stick with Chrome. Mostly because I don't want to change, and it works off all my devices as I have it all synced. Which I know others do. It's all about preference. While Chrome is not perfect by any means, It works for me as a daily driver.

[@z0rden_]

have fun sheep,google thanks you for being too dumb to give all of your datas to them

[@teh201d]

I tried the windows beta for a bit. I now use Edge with vertical tabs on.

[@electrology]

This is exactly my point. The edge has the vertical tabs already and tons of other features like collections, copilot ai integration. The edge is also chromium based. I really don't understand why Arc is giving any attention. People worship anything and everything that has a lot of media attention. Arc is too substandard as of today.

[@rzoom895]

My point as well, Edge with vertical tabs is nearly identical to Arc, and it has most of the same features as well, Arc's 'extra features' can easily be replicated with extensions

[@rzoom895]

@@electrology I said the exact same thing in my comment, and then I saw yours too 🤣; Sad that Arc is getting all the attention, just goes to show how much popularity matters. People are biased towards Edge for outdated reasons, yet Edge has more features than Arc, and people love Arc because of all the hype on KZbin

[@mrpotatofly4453]

@@rzoom895 edge is really bad, unless u actually tweak it to look good. Its the worst looking browser by far, even firefox is better cuz its minimal

[@mrpotatofly4453]

@@rzoom895 and feature is pretty much the same for all browser. chrome, edge, firefox, and arc. U can just install some extensions and it will work the same speed anyway. At least arc is pretty

[@user-xk2il1ov5p]

arc is good. im using it on my macos and windows machine, i hope they release one for linux too

[@MetallicReg]

Edge way over all of them. Arc is nice (when it is finished) and Brave is nice (in the rare instances of sensitive searches and websites). But Edge stands above them in general use.

[@frankdrolet9439]

I assume you're like a young child or something and don't use browsers for work, Edge isn't even in the top 5 of most-used browsers, it's total crap

[@MetallicReg]

@@frankdrolet9439 I am a lead engineer with on average 150 tabs in different fields at all times.

[@MetallicReg]

@@frankdrolet9439 Lead eng with on average 150 tabs at all times. Also you seem to not even know how to read statistics. Edge is in all countries on the 3rd place (Chrome 65%, Safari 18%, Edge 5-6%). In some instances it is counted towards „Chrome“ since this label is used as a replacement for „Chromium based“.

[@MetallicReg]

You seem to not even know how to read statistics. Edge is in all countries on the 3rd place (Chrome 65%, Safari 18%, Edge 5-6%). In some instances it is counted towards „Chrome“ since this label is used as a replacement for „Chromium based“.

[@MetallicReg]

And btw - lead eng with 150 tabs open at all times.

[@CodexBS]

well done review

[@SeumaLP]

I use Vivaldi since years and also have the ability to set the tabs to the left side. Even possible to have them on the right, top or bottom. No big deal. Furthermore I am using different OSes like Windows and Linux as well on Android. ARC isn't available on all of these platforms, which also is a reason to not use it since all of the synchronization in vivaldi is usable on all of the devices which isn't the case on ARC. Unless they have proper Apps for the OSes, I don't see a reason to switch to it and will stick to Vivaldi.

[@kriptonian0]

Feels like he's not a power user of any other browser, it's all magic to him. Bro, you can do all of it in chrome. The only thing that I like about arc is ctrl+tab to switch between tab and auto hide the tabs bar. But tbh I like the group feature of chrome more than spaces, and folder in arc.

[@xbeast7585]

Loved This Browser

[@_asturias]

Microsoft Edge is still the best to date, the tab organizer and side panel apps, and copilot features are very powerful

[@MetallicReg]

Yea. Arc used a couple and the Ai support is nice. But not Edge-nice (yet).

[@electrology]

Exactly 💯

[@FlamencoOz]

Yeah, I've been using Edge for ages and no reason to change.

[@waleedkh9769]

After watching this video, I realized how terrible Arc is.

[@ronniecampagna3953]

Where is the multi-row bookmarks bar? It ain't nothing without that feature. Dude has like 10 bookmarks Lol

[@ronyescobar226]

I love Arc But It drains battery so badly on Macbook Air

[@maskedvillainai]

This is bizarre. It’s like saying “cake with frosting or cake that’s just bread because no cake without frosting is actually cake.”

[@GoktugErol-fg6dd]

I noticed you never reviewed duck duck go browser.

Opera lets you do this for a long time (move tabs between spaces ;)

[@danilol9417]

u mean that chinese spyware?

[@GeZ-DM]

I love the browser. I don't use anything else, it's my go too.

[@carlosflores4179]

Brave failed to load css because of brave shield 🛡️

[@ioan_jivan]

Arc vs Vivaldi?

[@KazrBrekker]

Vivaldi

[@GEORGE.M.M]

​@@KazrBrekker Which consumes less hardware resources in your experience , I'm switching from Edge + Opera + Chrome?

[@KazrBrekker]

​@@GEORGE.M.M If you're on Mac then Safari is best optimized and on Windows its Edge

[@electrology]

​@@KazrBrekker this is the reality that people aren't accepting 😂

[@asraiSOA]

@@KazrBrekker Unfortunately Safari is severely gimped by its engine. There are several 'chrome' only plug-ins/extensions that keep me from exclusively using Safari. Just recently started fielding Vivaldi and thus far it does everything I need. Might test out Arc though.

[@Gsoul94channel]

I hope Arc can be available on android or ios

[@rafaelc.2269]

It's available on iOS, I use it!

[@samuelm2934]

Arc is love

[@lennartuecker]

Arc was one of the reasons why I switched to Mac

[@electrology]

LOL

[@eatcarpet]

I dunno, I'm on Arc Browser right now and it's very sluggish.

[@Craylor]

Interesting. It’s continued to be relatively fast for me. Sometimes I have issues loading sites, but I’ve found that’s mainly uBlock Origin.

[@electrology]

It's very sluggish on Windows and uses a lot of RAM

[@GFunkEra1992]

Why didn't you mention that the creation of an account is mandatory to use this browser. This completely makes this browser obsolete in regards of privacy. Big skip...

[@Craylor]

That’s a good point - I didn’t remember to include it in my script in the midst of everything I wanted to cover, but this is worth a mention.

[@xbahacn]

because they need your data, do you really think this free browser magically became free??? WAKE THE F UP.

[@Dani-kq6qq]

You know a browser is sketchy when it is demanding more data than using chrome. I can somehow use chroje without an account, but not arc browser

[@maskedvillainai]

That’s so dumb. Ha. They use Google. So you’re telling me you don’t sing up for a single service in Google. It’s one auth ID regardless of how many instances call it.

[@maskedvillainai]

I mean. Don’t use it. Just pointlessly making a point that won’t actually impact your life one way or another. No one is out to get you.

[@Xavier-sp5ec]

I keep seeing people comparing Arc's speed to chrome, but Arc actually runs on the same Chromium engine that powers Chrome, so it IS chrome. It's basically a glorified chrome extension that adds to the experience. So yes, of course it's as fast as chrome! It is interesting to think of where the future might takes this though. With Arc taking so many users away from Chrome, will Google eventually just restrict Arc from having access to chromium leaving Arc dead in the water? Or will they join forces to create something even more special?

[@Craylor]

Arc has a tinyyyyyy slice of market share compared to Edge and Brave… which are also powered by Chromium but I wouldn’t say it’s fair to say “Edge is basically Chrome.” I included the speed comparison because I have found bigger differences between Chromium browsers before, so I was impressed at how close Arc was to Chrome.

[@honkSchumacher]

What is "x" ...?

[@Craylor]

Formerly Twitter

[@AlexandreD30]

Vertical tabs is a big turn off

[@rogue_lele6167]

should get more views

[@DefinePlays]

google can have all my data. what are they gonna do show me ads that I cant see? lol

[@Shen-101]

chrome vs arc? naaa Firefox 💞

[@haigha-qb4kf]

Lost me couple of seconds in, bro. "Reinvention". It is neat, but a product that requires a lot of explanation. One has to fundamentally rethink positioning, tabs, bookmarks, which makes it useless for a reasonably efficient onboarding. Or with LeBlanc: "A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it's not that good.".

[@Craylor]

Yeah it’s got a steep learning curve for sure. I avoided it for years because of that. It’s not for everyone, but just because it has a steep learning curve shouldn’t necessarily mean it’s not worth using.

[@orwennesfh4813]

arc browser doesnt support HDR videos, so no, i wont use arc browser

[@TheITConnector]

Firefox has ad blockers? No. It has a tracker blocker. But no native ad blocker like Brave or Opera.

[@xbahacn]

do you really think that any free browser magically became free??? WAKE THE F UP. they all collect your data.

[@MauiWauiPineappleExpress]

Opera adblocker sucks

[@it.s_manish]

Vertical tabs is nothing new ... Edge had it.

[@Kiev-en-3-jours]

Not available on Linux unfortunately.

[@MauiWauiPineappleExpress]

@semtex2382 And so much more!

[@wrawler]

its not even in win10, only windows 11

[@HpDopeman]

Arc is really bad at energy consumption, not worth it. Resource hungry

[@Brynjar1]

ZOMG VERTICAL TAAAAAAAABS!!1, already inveted tho

[@jama211]

no one claimed it wasn't

[@avinashdyasa]

CHROMium

[@jacobgonzales20]

Needs Linux support

[@user-kk1vt7qs1p]

use wine

[@p99chan99]

User Vivaldi

[@GrillerGT]

Asking to register an account to use it? Instant uninstall

[@dtox316]

Yea this looks terrible. Thanks for the vid

[@busimo]

Arc sucks. Same bugs and annoyances for many months and instead of fixing they decide to go introduce stupid features like github folder

[@thenintendoman]

Please call it twitter. We shouldn’t be indulging the man’s midlife crisis

[@user-xu3so2ug1f]

Since it's not open source, its nothing for me lol

[@MauiWauiPineappleExpress]

It's based on Chromium and is open source.

[@Boombastic670]

Brave browser isnt really a privacy browser it has its own major privacy leaks So, never download brave browser I would certainly rather download firefox than brave cuz its just better and its not chrome nor chromium and also not safari its just FIREFOX

[@jmk868]

what an annoying video

[@Spectru91]

dude what?:)) how is it annoying? i dont get it