The Youtuber MKBHD has a podcast[0] where they have mentioned that many in their office has switched over to it. I'm not sure I quite understand their enthusiasm for it, but I don't think they're paid shills.
the venn diagram of people who say Arc is good, and people who say NordVPN is good, is a circle.
maybe not everybody who says arc is good is being paid to say that. but they are all people who accept money to say things like "arc is good". MKBHD included.
from real people, or probably-paid articles on tech blogs?