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I don't think that is the service they are offering. It simply says storage. The only sharing mentioned is sharing with other user's archives.... not public acc

I don't think that is the service they are offering. It simply says storage. The only sharing mentioned is sharing with other user's archives.... not public access. But regardless, we have no idea what backend they are using. Hell, I can go to S3 right now, put a gig out there, and a million hits only cost me pennies. And in theory, that cost will only continue to shrink.

hanoz 6y ago
> Hell, I can go to S3 right now, put a gig out there, and a million hits only cost me pennies. A million hits on a 1 gig file would cost you $50,000.
iamnothere 6y ago
It looks like some kind of sharing is part of the offer: https://www.permanent.org/digital-archives/services/exclusive-sharing/ https://www.permanent.org/digital-archives/services/exclusiv... I would like to see more details on this. Bandwidth-limited sharing would still be economically feasible up to a point. If they have run the numbers and are careful to leave a generous safety margin, I can see this working out. Eventually it will fail, as everything does, but it could last a very long time before that happens. One more thought: if they are successful, they may accumulate a substantial endowment, at which point the primary risk is capture of that endowment by unethical board members. They have a good board right now, but will that always be the case? Time will tell.
- santoshalper 6y ago
  We're making a lot of assumptions about a service that should probably be making things a lot more clear before they start taking money. My assumption is that "sharing" means sharing with family, etc. as opposed to publishing.
  - pdonis 6y ago
    *> My assumption is that "sharing" means sharing with family, etc. as opposed to publishing. You don't have to make any assumptions. It's right there on the web page that was linked to: "You choose what files or folders you want to share, who you want to share them with and what level of access that Archive should have."

hanoz 6y ago

> Hell, I can go to S3 right now, put a gig out there, and a million hits only cost me pennies. A million hits on a 1 gig file would cost you $50,000.

iamnothere 6y ago

It looks like some kind of sharing is part of the offer: https://www.permanent.org/digital-archives/services/exclusive-sharing/ https://www.permanent.org/digital-archives/services/exclusiv... I would like to see more details on this. Bandwidth-limited sharing would still be economically feasible up to a point. If they have run the numbers and are careful to leave a generous safety margin, I can see this working out. Eventually it will fail, as everything does, but it could last a very long time before that happens. One more thought: if they are successful, they may accumulate a substantial endowment, at which point the primary risk is capture of that endowment by unethical board members. They have a good board right now, but will that always be the case? Time will tell.

santoshalper 6y ago
We're making a lot of assumptions about a service that should probably be making things a lot more clear before they start taking money. My assumption is that "sharing" means sharing with family, etc. as opposed to publishing.
- pdonis 6y ago
  *> My assumption is that "sharing" means sharing with family, etc. as opposed to publishing. You don't have to make any assumptions. It's right there on the web page that was linked to: "You choose what files or folders you want to share, who you want to share them with and what level of access that Archive should have."