mister_monster on Nostr: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/37735 Brave is deprecating IPFS ...
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/37735
Brave is deprecating IPFS support.
What lessons can be learned from this?
Well, first off, that IPFS is effectively a failed project. I was and still am a big fan of IPFS, but anyone that's ever tried to integrate IPFS into an application knows how badly it is maintained. There are some interesting projects using it, such as libgen and various archives and libraries, there is https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84#connectivity which is a pretty cool idea if you can get it to work. But overall for multimedia and general file distribution, Torrents have continued to work for everyone just fine. And an aside, if you've seen what protocol labs is up to these days as an IPFS user you probably feel like you need a shower.
Second and more importantly, we learn that we can never really rely on other people to maintain software for us. That goes for both IPFS and brave. You want IPFS in your application, well good luck having a low maintenance codebase. You want a browser that supports IPFS, well it works until it doesn't.
Brave is deprecating IPFS support.
What lessons can be learned from this?
Well, first off, that IPFS is effectively a failed project. I was and still am a big fan of IPFS, but anyone that's ever tried to integrate IPFS into an application knows how badly it is maintained. There are some interesting projects using it, such as libgen and various archives and libraries, there is https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84#connectivity which is a pretty cool idea if you can get it to work. But overall for multimedia and general file distribution, Torrents have continued to work for everyone just fine. And an aside, if you've seen what protocol labs is up to these days as an IPFS user you probably feel like you need a shower.
Second and more importantly, we learn that we can never really rely on other people to maintain software for us. That goes for both IPFS and brave. You want IPFS in your application, well good luck having a low maintenance codebase. You want a browser that supports IPFS, well it works until it doesn't.