I really wanted to give developers more control over their asset hosting. If they wanted to host their assets on a remote server for better performance, that's

I really wanted to give developers more control over their asset hosting. If they wanted to host their assets on a remote server for better performance, that's an option I'd want them to have. Relying on only X Y Z service will certainly work, but certainly not optimal. It didn't out right kill the project, It'll work under these specific conditions but reducing usability is not helpful.