> If I need to serve a large repository of videos I wouldn't self host, I would pay a SaaS since storage costs alone would be absurd, having to then also store

> If I need to serve a large repository of videos I wouldn't self host, I would pay a SaaS since storage costs alone would be absurd, having to then also store not only the high bitrate masters but also every intermediate format... I can hear that. Maybe in a year we will have to face the facts that we reached capacity and underestimated our needs if it's too much successful. For now, we want/need/must self-host on premise so at some point maybe we will have to say "we can't do it, either we offload or we shut down the service".