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So these various IPFS services are getting pushed to the front page of HN just because they use IPFS? Honestly, in most cases I do not see a use for decentrali

So these various IPFS services are getting pushed to the front page of HN just because they use IPFS? Honestly, in most cases I do not see a use for decentralizing. In this case, the shortened URL still depends on a central host (bdaily.club or whatever). Whether the underlying link is stored in a decentralized manner is completely meaningless, because all the links will still be broken once the host is gone.

inglor 8y ago
> Whether the underlying link is stored in a decentralized manner is completely meaningless, because all the links will still be broken once the host is gone. Precisely - I think there is a lot more value in _replicable_ services and not decentralized once. That is - a link shortener that lets anyone make a copy of it without reading all the links but in a way that replicates all the links. That would allow for anyone to "compete" with the original service.
infogulch 8y ago
That's the thing though, since it's decentralized you could create a new service, e.g. bdaily.horse, and just change the domain of all the links: the short url paths and full url targets are persevered. Not saying it would be trivial to fix but it's possible, which is a good deal better than today.