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How hard would it be to make an open-source bookmarks server that supports the same API without needing keys from Google? Of course, somebody will have to run t
by smsm42 6y ago
How hard would it be to make an open-source bookmarks server that supports the same API without needing keys from Google? Of course, somebody will have to run them but I imagine distributions or some orgs could? We're talking here about implementing bookmarks sync, with the API already known (since it's client is implemented in the open-source Chromium). I mean I'm sure it'd require some work, but no "writing a new OS from scratch" level of work, rather "implement a simple API" level of work. Am I missing anything here?
- paxys 6y agoThere are probably dozens of open source cross-browser syncing extensions out there. Installing them is already trivial, and bundling one of them in by default would probably be as well.
- chaz6 6y agoThere is a public implementation [1] of the Firefox sync server, so you can host your own today. [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
- kalleboo 6y agoI imagine the main reason people want bookmark sync is to sync their bookmarks to their Android or Apple smartphone, so you'd need a compatible browser on that end as well.
- smsm42 6y agoThere are a number of non-Chrome browsers on Android - e.g. Brave. They'd probably be happy to use an open-source server. As for Apple, isn't it mandatory 100% Safari anyway?