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Re:Thunderbird 68.0 by inetknght on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:17PM (#20823587)
> if we could store more then 5MB on the client.

I recently stopped using Slack because their web client started storing 600MB in local storage. If gmail did that too, it would be the last nail in the coffin. I absolutely do not want random (or not-random) websites using my computer to store their data.

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Re:Thunderbird 68.0 by zamadatix on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:52PM (#20824409)
It doesn't have to be "let every site store 600 MB or none can store more than 5 MB". Seems like a great thing for a permission really.
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Re:Thunderbird 68.0 by inetknght on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:13PM (#20824593)
Not just a permission but a limit too. If I could set the limit to something reasonable, like 1MB, that'd be fine.
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