I think the author is overly critical of the limitations of a distributed file system. With a decent incentive system (FileCoin for instance) there is no reason

I think the author is overly critical of the limitations of a distributed file system. With a decent incentive system (FileCoin for instance) there is no reason that distributed file storage won’t scale really well. I for one have a stack of SSDs waiting for FileCoin to arrive. I am keen to leverage the 10Gbps fiber in my office to start ghetto hosting for some $$.