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I don't think the point is to fix anything; it's to have remixes/alternatives to what's already out there. However, using AWS for some things and pinning stuff
by yawnxyz 5y ago
I don't think the point is to fix anything; it's to have remixes/alternatives to what's already out there.
However, using AWS for some things and pinning stuff to IPFS and blockchain for others does prove convenient (I don't have to worry about egress costs w/ IPFS for example)
- acdha 5y ago> I don't have to worry about egress costs w/ IPFS for example IPFS isn’t magic: you have to pay for hosting somewhere - you can use it like a CDN to pick cheaper networks but that’s maintenance optimization.
- withinboredom 5y agoAlso moving bits is free. Just throw your static content on a non-greedy host.
- acdha 5y agoIt's only free for a small amount of content or when you're ad supported. If you get significant traffic or care about performance, someone needs to pay for it.
- withinboredom 5y agoNo one pays for bits moving around on the internet, for the most part. See “peering internet.” Big companies just charge you for it to prevent it from being abused.
- acdha 5y agoYou might want to learn a bit more about how peering works. It's definitely not free even if the major players have reciprocal agreements — just ask Netflix how free that was when Comcast wanted to double-charge them.
- withinboredom 5y agoMy (poorly made) point was that at normal (not-unicorn) scale, bandwidth is practically free, or should be.