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 a day ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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zb3 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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reddalo a day ago | parent [-]

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.

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coldpie a day ago | parent | next [-]

Please don't give trolls attention. Just downvote & move on.

	▲	gchamonlive a day ago \| parent [-]
		But it's fun

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zb3 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> 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.