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929 points ameshkov | 3 comments | 15 Jan 20 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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WhatIsDukkha ◴[15 Jan 20 21:05 UTC] No.22058553[source]▶
I'm looking forward to some paid products from Mozilla (including the vpn).

Privacy focused personal zeroknowledge cloud things are needed.

I'd love to have a more elaborate version of Firefox Sync that worked across chromium (and I'd pay for it).

The obvious calendar, mail, etc.

I'd pay for a zeroknowledge hosted Berners Lee Solid service.

Do this stuff and I'll pay well for it.

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1. Andrew_nenakhov ◴[15 Jan 20 21:11 UTC] No.22058628[source]▶
Why do you want sync with chromium?

Firefox syncs just fine with Firefox on any platform, including mobile. Just use it everywhere, no?

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2. WhatIsDukkha ◴[15 Jan 20 21:27 UTC] No.22058843[source]▶
Because, to me, even lockin to Firefox isn't a good thing.

I still use Chromium for garbage web time coughhackernews*cough for example.

All my actual work and projects are Firefox (tons of vertical tabs) and I don't want them polluted with my trash reading but would still like to see history/tabs etc at least browseable across browsers.

Containers are getting a bit more viable to combine work and consumption but not quite there.

edit - and yes I'm actually just about 100% Firefox mobile already

3. Spivak ◴[15 Jan 20 21:37 UTC] No.22058960[source]▶
But then your bookmarks only live in Firefox which isn't always convenient. NextCloud Bookmarks, Floccus for browser sync and an API to add them everywhere else is really nice.

I get that Pocket exists but the whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth -- paying $5/mo to remove ads in a bookmarking service that should just be a built-in feature of sync is gross.