I agree theyre putting effort into their AI branded browser now over Arc, but he did reiterate that Arc would remain in maintenance mode. Security patches, fixes would still get implemented but it's being facilitated by 2-3 engineers only and no new features will be developed for it. Has no bright future, but I wouldn't call that dead. He equated it to Safari, essentially.
I was listening to MKBHD'S waveform podcast last week where they interviewed the CEO of The Browser Company, they make Arc and Dia, a newer AI browser. Never heard of them prior but I feel like Firefox has gotten more clunky slow and loaded up with features I don't want, this post reminded me that I need to investigate a replacement.
I only ever saw the DVD / movie poster where it's just him standing there, I never saw this variant before this post myself. But looking it up seems like both were used throughout the release history.
Raccoon people?