Just a datapoint: Macs have been sending files via the Internet with resource forks for a long time, basically since the invention of the Macintosh: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;BinHex" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;BinHex</a><p>Resource forks are basically legacy from the original MacOS, and something that&#x27;s being retained for compatibility, not something that&#x27;s really a current design. The current replacement of resource forks is bundles, where a directory masquerades as a file in the GUI.<p>There are lots of reasons to hate on HFS+, but I wouldn&#x27;t consider this the most important one.