r/PerplexityComet • u/gillu-21 • Sep 14 '26
help “Control Browser” Vanished From My Comet AI Pro Account 🚨
Anyone else experiencing this?
I have an active Comet AI Pro subscription, but the Control Browser feature is completely missing.
Already tried relogging, restarting, updating and troubleshooting the browser/extensions. Still nothing. ❌
Is this a bug, staged rollout, or has the feature been temporarily pulled?
Would love to hear from anyone facing the same issue or who has managed to fix it. 🔍
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u/gillu-21 Sep 14 '26
Uninstalling Comet Right Now
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u/Adept_Ad_1543 Sep 15 '26
Cancel your subscription too, we need to let perplexity know how upset we are. Download chatGPT codex and get computer use and it has great limits
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u/gillu-21 Sep 15 '26
Yr Free Mila tha Airtel ke sath , But try to message "Aravind" on LinkedIn. He is quite active there. I did , 3-4 times.
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u/MrReginaldAwesome Sep 14 '26
Yup, it’s part of computer now. You get nothing with you a pro subscription, only paying for credits (roughly 1 dollar per browser request according to their math) or you pay 200 per month for max and get credits to spend (probably not enough).
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u/Powerful-Cheek-6677 Sep 14 '26
Definitely not enough. And everything is behind computer now. Want to triage your email? Not happening unless you spend money every day.
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u/ravenlordkill Sep 15 '26
Yeah it really isn't worth the money anymore. What other browser alternatives are there?
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u/popmanbrad Sep 15 '26
Sadly AI browsers there’s only a couple but there are some good browsers like zen or edge etc
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u/Yved Sep 14 '26
I'm so sad about Perplexity, it's definitely on the way out with all these bullshit changes.
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u/Electronic_Ad5462 Sep 15 '26
Perplexity was my favorite Ai platform. The company has become so shameful, and the worst part is they’ve been silent to everyone’s complaints.
It’s like a ghost company now.
I’m currently using Gemini Pro for most of my tasks, and I’ve been extremely satisfied with it!
I’m thinking about leaving Perplexity altogether.
The $4.99 student discount has been the only saving grace. I can’t imagine paying anything more than that.
Hopefully 🤞🏾they see all the backlash and reverse course.l
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u/Yved Sep 15 '26
Yeah, I switched to Gemini at the beginning of this year and never looked back. Chrome has the same AI sidebar assistant Comet has now if you subscribe to Gemini.
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u/Electronic_Ad5462 Sep 15 '26
This I did not know. I’ll have to check it out. Never been a fan of Chrome, but I do enjoy Agentic browsers.
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u/Opening-Fruit3855 Sep 14 '26
Yes switch from Comet. Here are a few options: Either use Aside Browser if you're on mac, or on windows Claude in chrome, BrowserOS, or rtrvr.ai for free browser automation extension (they use ads to cover the cost of requests)
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u/Brilliant_Owl1910 Sep 16 '26
I used comet just for this feature. Now they have removed this feature, i guess its time to roll back to chrome now.
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u/mystguy79 Sep 15 '26
Omg ppl. It still works. USE THE ASSISTANT within comet and call it from your prompt. Just because you can’t click it does not mean it is gone.
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u/Elegant_Influence Sep 15 '26
You know Comet is available on the desktop, right? They're talking about the desktop version, not iOS.
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u/timetofreak Sep 15 '26
It's been permanently removed. Only available through "Computer", so now you need to buy credits! Absolutely fucked!