IPFS Support in Brave • Hacker News Board

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by DenseComet » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:20 PM UTC

jonathansampson wrote: post #18

needz wrote: post #11

Neat. Still can't make the switch until they have an equivalent to Firefox containers.

You can run multiple profiles in parallel in Brave, and we don't allow cookies to bleed over into other domains anyway. That's the default behavior. It would be great to have tabs from different profiles in a single window, but that isn't presently supported. Our work is not yet complete!

Its not just about having tabs from different profiles in a single window. Firefox containers allows things like automatically opening a specific site in a certain container. It allows for extensions such as the Facebook Container and Temporary Containers. There's a huge amount of functionality it provides.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:21 PM UTC

alexrustic wrote: post #2

See also ZDNet article about this: Brave becomes first browser to add native support for the IPFS protocol https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-becomes-first-browser-to...

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Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by Splatter » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:22 PM UTC

I have been a diehard user of the Vivaldi browser for a while now. I just posted the referenced article to their forum stating that Vivaldi should follow suit. Without such support I'll likely change to Brave specifically due to IPFS support.

The internet is in desperate need of decentralization.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by dave5104 » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:23 PM UTC

ampdepolymerase wrote: post #19

jejkfmgmgk wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably the one by the Mozilla CEO, "We need more than deplatforming"[1] 1: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

It is not particularly surprising considering that the founder of Brave was fired as Mozilla's CEO and replaced by the current one specifically because of politics.

> because of politics.

Even more specifically because of his anti-LGBT politics.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by arsome » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:24 PM UTC

jejkfmgmgk wrote: post #15

gandreani wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which blog post?

Probably the one by the Mozilla CEO, "We need more than deplatforming"[1] 1: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

That headline is certainly inflammatory, but I don't think the actual content of the post is nearly as bad - they're not suggesting web browser start flagging/blocking sites or anything similar like it initially made me think.

They're simply suggesting further transparency in algorithmic suggestions and research be conducted. You could even argue that they're suggesting that deplatforming simply isn't the ultimate solution.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by Triv888 » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:25 PM UTC

jejkfmgmgk wrote: post #15

gandreani wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which blog post?

Probably the one by the Mozilla CEO, "We need more than deplatforming"[1] 1: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

Mozilla's current CEO is like the opposite of what Firefox used to stand for... I can't wait to switch for something better. I think that he really likes the Google dollars.

Disabling most add-ons in Firefox Mobile, really? I still use the old engine (Fennec) even if it probably makes me vulnerable. And there's a bunch of other problems that make the new Fenix engine less useful then Fennec... I don't even know what is supposed to make the new engine better.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by 1996 » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:26 PM UTC

iknowstuff wrote: post #5

Lovely. Mozilla should be advancing the web in similar ways in Firefox.

Yes, Firefox need to focus on a usecase.

It may not be able to beat chromium right now, but a working IPFS and TOR right inside your "vanilla" Firefox would give a compelling reason to keep it, when you can install chromium/chrome/edge and get better features - except this one!

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by sneak » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:26 PM UTC

Now we just need repositories and other manifest files to start listing ipfs multihashes in addition to simple SHASUMS files.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by joshuakelly » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:26 PM UTC

Massive. I have a project that assumed ipfs:// would eventually exist natively within a mainstream(-ish) browser, and I'm very pleased to discover that after updating to 1.19.x it all just works.

Excited for the forthcoming DNSLink support too, even if it's just a bridge to something even better. Best of luck to everyone who wants the web to stay bundled inside of the corporate state.

Re: IPFS Support in Brave

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Post by echelon » Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 9:27 PM UTC

jejkfmgmgk wrote: post #15

gandreani wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which blog post?

Probably the one by the Mozilla CEO, "We need more than deplatforming"[1] 1: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

And there goes my monthly Mozilla donation.

I'm a liberal. But this is fucking fascism. When you want to take your position and jam it down everyone's throat and police how people can even talk.

Fuck this. Decentralize everything.

Edit: I just re-read the article after skimming and now I feel completely different. The article title is really bad. Mozilla is just calling for more transparency into how advertisers and social media operates.

What a bad headline.

I hope Mozilla never treads into the censorship territory.

They can keep my money. :)