Locutus is more like a cache than long-term storage, so data can fall out of the network if nobody is requesting it, but information publishers can serve as a b

Locutus is more like a cache than long-term storage, so data can fall out of the network if nobody is requesting it, but information publishers can serve as a backup for data stored in the network, replacing it if it falls out. I think making the publisher responsible for long-term retention and the decentralized network responsible for distribution is the best option here. Other tools like FileCoin take the alternate approach of trying to do long-term storage in a decentralized way.