[StavrosK]

> Do you remember how long ago this was? I'm still hoping this is a solvable problem since I really want IPFS to work.

This was around two years ago. I hope it'll get solved too, but it doesn't seem to have been solved yet.

> I wonder why they designed it like that.

I guess it was just easier, but they haven't done anything in years. The ticket has been open since 2016: https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/issues/3054