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If you can't even use it without an account, then that's an issue. It's not like Kagi where using the tool requires compute credits on their side, so offering i
by rchaud 3y ago
If you can't even use it without an account, then that's an issue. It's not like Kagi where using the tool requires compute credits on their side, so offering it without a login wall isn't possible.
Mozilla wants me to sign up for a Firefox account too. The difference is that it's entirely optional and the browser works just fine without it.
- dmje 3y agoIt’s irritating, sure. But I just don’t see it as a show stopper?
- rchaud 3y agoIt is, because other browsers don't require it. I would not have tried out Chrome in '08 if I needed to log into it. What's next? 2FA to secure access to the thing so I can 2FA all the other things I have logins for? Besides giving them an open invitation to spam your email, login based access tells me that they're doing what Chrome is, attaching your browser history to your identity. Google does this because they need a way to fuel their behavioural ad machine without cookies. I imagine Arc is doing it for the same reason - monetization.