Because it’s easy and convenient. I have esptool installed and I still usually flash via the browser.
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leftascenter@jlai.lu 5 days agoI… Don’t even see why you would want a browser to be able to do that. Seems like really trying to increase browser security issues on purpose.
Tja@programming.dev 4 days ago
yucandu@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Neither did I, but they all started offering, so I started using those tools. Especially the all-in-one systems where it’s like “just buy the hardware, go to this website, and it’ll flash for you”. Like that’s more secure than “go to this website and download and run this weird exe” isn’t it?