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Because S3 makes a terrible CDN. The latency is bad and can vary significantly. Using it as a CDN for very large files is fine but for standard static web asse

Because S3 makes a terrible CDN. The latency is bad and can vary significantly. Using it as a CDN for very large files is fine but for standard static web assets it's terrible.

ceejayoz 14y ago
Where was S3 mentioned? The post said CloudFront.
- treyp 14y ago
  Dropbox uses S3
  - ceejayoz 14y ago
    Yes, but not directly. They've built or are using a CDN in front of S3, just like CloudFront.