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Seems like a rather expensive free service to offer. How much bandwidth was used by the virality of this post? If this became popular I don't see how someone
by unityByFreedom 6y ago
Seems like a rather expensive free service to offer.
How much bandwidth was used by the virality of this post?
If this became popular I don't see how someone could afford to keep it going.
- filleokus 6y agoOh.. Yes. I assumed that they hot linked (a word I haven't used in 10 years) all the images/videos from reddit / imgur. But no, they seem to re-host everything. Which is admirable both from a privacy and "fairness" perspective, it lessens the burden of Reddit. But yes, without ads or fees, it seems unsustainable.
- circularfoyers 6y agoUnless the audience which cares enough about privacy to use the site is small enough that it is sustainable. However I know Nitter and Invidious promoted other instances too to spread the load.
- Nextgrid 6y agoOutside of AWS and the cloud bubble, bandwidth is extremely cheap. You can get dedicated servers (aka actual hardware) with 100Mbps of unmetered bandwidth for a couple bucks a month.