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To so many of these the answer is yes.

- Comments? Put them in the filename

- Tags? Put them in the filename

- Sync? Many of us already sync our devices in some way (dropbox/gdrive/syncthing/...). I see it as a plus - it puts me in control, not "the cloud"

- Import / Export? `mv` & `cp`. You can take your export on a USB stick, send it over email, you name it.

- Users? /home/bob/bookmarks, /home/alice/bookmarks



Use extended attributes, putting everything into the filename is awkward.


That makes it much harder to search, sync, export etc. Awkward? yes, but there's nothing wrong with it.




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