Atlassian is Buying *Another* Company. Seriously?

Right, so Atlassian – those clowns who make Jira and Confluence, the tools designed to actively slow down development – have decided they need more crapware. They’re shelling out a frankly ridiculous $610 million for Arc, “The Browser Company.” Yes, you read that right. A browser. Because apparently, making project management software isn’t enough of a headache.

Arc, if you haven’t heard of it (and honestly, good for you), is this fancy-pants browser aimed at developers. It has tabs as sidebars and… other stuff. Look, it’s a browser. They think integrating it with their existing suite will make things “seamless.” Seamless like sandpaper, probably.

The whole thing reeks of Atlassian trying to solve problems nobody asked them to solve. They’re claiming this is about “future of work” and blah blah blah. It’s about locking people deeper into their ecosystem, plain and simple. Expect more bloat, more subscriptions, and even less reason to actually *get work done*. They are going to integrate Arc with Compass, which I guess is a thing they made? Honestly who knows.

The current Arc users are understandably freaking out about what this means for their beloved browser. I’m sure Atlassian will “innovate” it right into the ground within 18 months. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Honestly, just… great. More corporate garbage.

Speaking of acquisitions gone wrong, remember when Cisco bought Flip Video? Yeah, that was a masterpiece of stupidity. They killed a perfectly good product because it didn’t fit their “vision.” This Atlassian thing feels *exactly* like that. Just a waste of money and potential.

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Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M