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by TylerE 2506 days ago
Because there is zero guarantee /tmp gets cleared regularly, if ever.
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stronglikedan 2505 days ago
But that onus is on the OS, not the browser.
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TylerE 2505 days ago
Exactly? The browser shouldn't depend on the OS to DTRT.
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tylergetsay 2506 days ago
Firefox will cache videos from sites like YouTube in /tmp last I checked.
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