But that really only holds true for content that hundreds of thousands of nodes find interesting enough to hold on to. IPFS is definitely a step up in that it a

But that really only holds true for content that hundreds of thousands of nodes find interesting enough to hold on to. IPFS is definitely a step up in that it allows for more than just the originating party to preserve it, but this isn't too different from http mirroring save for the obvious advantages to discoverability.