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Comment by steveharrison

6 hours ago

I'm really excited about window.showDirectoryPicker and the local-first web apps it will enable. There's lots of talk about local-first sync engines, but the best sync engine is one you don't even manage, like the user's file system / cloud storage service!

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Ajedi32  4 hours ago

Yes, I think this modern trend towards storing user data in app/website-specific databases instead of in files has been bad for consumer freedom. Files are naturally portable and provide a interface for inter-operating with competing software in a way that data stored in the cloud or an app-specific database does not.

APIs that encourage websites to store user data in files are a positive thing.

zb3  5 hours ago

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  • reddalo  5 hours ago

    Firefox may not be the best browser, but it's the last full-featured non-commercial independent browser still available (excluding forks like Waterfox).

    If we want a free and open internet, we need to protect Firefox at all costs.

    • zb3  4 hours ago

      > non-commercial

      They inject various unwanted integrations (like pocket in the past).

      > independent

      Independent from who, Google? Well, no, not even independent from Google, that's the truth.