This is what I'm using Hacker News for. It doesn't require an app, it's super fast, the curating is done by real people (not by AI), and often the comments add a lot of value to the discussed article.
Jsuh 2 hours ago [-]
We check hackernews every day too but often have a hard time exploring specific interests that are not currently trending.
You're right though, the community/comments add a ton of value and its something we're thinking on.
SunshineTheCat 4 hours ago [-]
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yoavm 4 hours ago [-]
I didn't intend for my comment to be mean. Generally, I think that sometimes the most useful advice one can give a founder (like myself) is "you should consider to pivot". Sure it's not fun to hear, but it can save you a couple of months. In this specific case, I think it'll help the founders to consider that the pain they're aiming to solve might already be answered, better, by existing simpler solutions. I don't think the best comment to leave is always "Amazing idea, wonderful execution!!!".
cubecul 1 hours ago [-]
Why even give "advice"? Why not phrase it as:
"I get a lot of value from HN: it's fast, doesn't require an app, curating is done by real people and the comments add a lot. I'd be curious to learn what types of content your product surfaces that's different from HN?"
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bakkerinho 4 hours ago [-]
Not available in my country / region says the AppStore.
Greetings from Europe.
Jsuh 4 hours ago [-]
ah, i submitted some EU trader requirements stuff. could you shoot me an email @ jeremy@browserbuddy.com so i can let you know when we get approved?
rishabhaiover 3 hours ago [-]
Interesting concept, though I’m not sure I’d install something called `browserbuddy` on my phone.
pickleglitch 5 hours ago [-]
Browser* Buddy
*Not available in a browser.
alien0006 4 hours ago [-]
We originally started with a webapp but found ourselves using it much more on our phones.
Happy to bring back the webapp if there’s strong interest!
pickleglitch 4 hours ago [-]
Well, by limiting yourselves to iPhone you are eliminating at least half of smartphone users, and 100% of non-smartphone users.
NoelJacob 4 hours ago [-]
Please do. Also try making a newtab page.
christoff12 4 hours ago [-]
Would be much easier to try. I was expecting a chrome extension.
greazy 2 hours ago [-]
yes please bring it back. browsers work perfectly fine on phones
swyx 5 hours ago [-]
lol yeah why not do webapp so much easier than ios
nwhnwh 5 hours ago [-]
Translation: You, Android user, is a second class citizen. And you, you are using the browser??? I won't even describe you, because you are less than that.
achandra03 5 hours ago [-]
congrats arnav, you've come a long way from the balz days :)
rd 5 hours ago [-]
Go Hoos good work Wadehra
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wxce 5 hours ago [-]
Why isn't there a working website? You've been up since 2024
pickleglitch 4 hours ago [-]
Seriously, the product focuses on personal and independent content, primarily published on websites, but the app only works in iOS. That seems like a fundamental mismatch.
thuuuomas 5 hours ago [-]
My concern with something like this is content marketing or other forms of surreptitious advertising.
Will you clearly indicate “boosted” authors/publishers/pieces?
alien0006 5 hours ago [-]
We don’t boost any authors/publishers/pieces. We don’t have any specific plan to monetize right now, but many AI-based products seem to work well as paid subscriptions vs using an advertising model.
skeeter2020 7 minutes ago [-]
>> We don’t have any specific plan to monetize right now
YC has changed. It's like we're back in the late 90's!
mbreese 3 hours ago [-]
How much research did you guys do on the name? This might be the most amazing product ever, but I'll never know. I'm not inclined to install anything with the name "X Buddy". For me, it brings the negative associations from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy
It's not a knock on anything you've done, because it looks pretty nice. But, just based on the name, I'm not sure I know what it does or why I'd want it. That's a decent amount of inertia to overcome to get someone to install an app on their phone called "browser buddy". It just screams malware to me... but maybe I'm just paranoid.
alien0006 2 hours ago [-]
Yikes! We'd never heard of that.
We picked "Browser Buddy" to name our surfing penguin logo.
mbreese 2 hours ago [-]
I suspected you hadn't, which is why I wanted to bring it up. It's admittedly a pretty dated reference, but was really common right around 2000. At least, it was commonly installed where I was around 2001. I don't think it was malware right away (it's been a while), but by the end of it's run, it seemed sketchy at best.
It's a tough balance to get right... you want to be approachable and friendly so that people will try your app. But you don't want to come across as a big purple gorilla or Clippy. I do like the penguin!
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You're right though, the community/comments add a ton of value and its something we're thinking on.
"I get a lot of value from HN: it's fast, doesn't require an app, curating is done by real people and the comments add a lot. I'd be curious to learn what types of content your product surfaces that's different from HN?"
*Not available in a browser.
Happy to bring back the webapp if there’s strong interest!
Will you clearly indicate “boosted” authors/publishers/pieces?
YC has changed. It's like we're back in the late 90's!
It's not a knock on anything you've done, because it looks pretty nice. But, just based on the name, I'm not sure I know what it does or why I'd want it. That's a decent amount of inertia to overcome to get someone to install an app on their phone called "browser buddy". It just screams malware to me... but maybe I'm just paranoid.
We picked "Browser Buddy" to name our surfing penguin logo.
It's a tough balance to get right... you want to be approachable and friendly so that people will try your app. But you don't want to come across as a big purple gorilla or Clippy. I do like the penguin!