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Why would anyone acquire a company that made a successful VSCode fork or a wrapped Chromium browser? I expect these people making such decisions to be far from
by ivanjermakov 1y ago
Why would anyone acquire a company that made a successful VSCode fork or a wrapped Chromium browser? I expect these people making such decisions to be far from understanding tech behind it.
- Spivak 1y agoArc I think graduated from wrapper status, it was a really interesting and unique browser while it lasted.
- conradev 1y agoIn The Browser Company’s case, they have a lot of engineers who work on Chromium. Not sure about the other wrapper companies!
- alberth 1y agoCursor is a VSCode fork, generating reported $500M+ in revenue and is only a couple years old. https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/cursors-anysphere-nabs-9-9b-valuation-soars-past-500m-arr/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/cursors-anysphere-nabs-9-9...
- Sebguer 1y agoYes, and the person you are replying to is clearly referencing Windsurf which was another vscode fork...
- nailer 1y agoBecause those companies own the customers.