My first thought is that this was to make Linux palatable to western regulations, like how companies can’t use Kaspersky anymore. Stupid if I’m right because it’s not like the fsb is going to sneak spyware into Linux.
Edit: Linus commented on this and I was right: https://lemmy.world/comment/13034386
FreeFileSync detects moves and changes quickly without rereading the whole file. The first time you sync it will read every file to hash them first, this takes a long time but subsequent syncs will be fast.
Nate is the man, he hangs out in the keebuser help matrix channel and is a fuckin boss!
If you’re using wifi, you’re technically doing it right now!
Ironic that the desktop client is hosted on GitHub lol