Yeah, browser filesystem access is ridiculously clunky, especially if it’s a more of a “document you’re iterating on” where you have to remember to download it, make sure it’s in the right place to sync, and upload it again on the other devices. I think the thing that third-party storage really wins at is that it’s very low friction and pretty close to universally available for a semi-technical user (e.g. drawio/diagrams.net supports OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, and Gitlab). Chrome extensions are relatively high friction in comparison, plus… in my personal example, I don’t actually use Chrome on any of the devices. Safari on iPhone and iPad, Firefox on Windows/Linux/OS X.
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Yeah, browser filesystem access is ridiculously clunky, especially if it’s a more of a “document you’re iterating on” where you have to remember to download it, make sure it’s in the right place to sync, and upload it again on the other devices. I think the thing that third-party storage really wins at is that it’s very low friction and pretty close to universally available for a semi-technical user (e.g. drawio/diagrams.net supports OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, and Gitlab). Chrome extensions are relatively high friction in comparison, plus… in my personal example, I don’t actually use Chrome on any of the devices. Safari on iPhone and iPad, Firefox on Windows/Linux/OS X.