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> I'm willing to pay $5 for 100GB. Well there's the issue. S3 rates are $3 for 100GB, which leaves $2/mo to provide the value-added services you enumerate. Y
by drewcrawford 12y ago
> I'm willing to pay $5 for 100GB.
Well there's the issue. S3 rates are $3 for 100GB, which leaves $2/mo to provide the value-added services you enumerate.
You'd need 5k monthly subscribers just to hire 1 engineer.
- OmarIsmail 12y agoIf someone were providing this service at scale they'd get better pricing that $3 for 100GB. But you're somewhat right that the margins here are pretty thin - which is probably why the people that are providing the infrastructure are also providing the service (Google, Amazon, Microsoft). The margins are going to be higher for them, so it's going to be very hard for a startup to compete.