@happyborg @dalai @jwildeboer I'd not trust any "one time purchase" cloud storage because that model is unsustainable by virtue of recurring costs!

• If one's already holding classes for #IT, it's either feasible to organize some (quota'd!) storage (i.e. #SSH access to a server) or expect the class members to have i.e. some cheap external HDD for that.

• I don't expect them to backup several terabytes of data and if they need to, then there should certainly be budget for either S3 block storage and a cheap VPS or a "Storage VPS"…

Not to mention there's need to not just backup files, but databases.

• #IPFS is IMHO not great for #Backups, but merely a tool to distribute large files across multiple nodes (similar to #BitTorrent #MagnetLinks).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

@happyborg @lyrial well, I'd stick with #IPFS as it's truly #decentralized, #SelfHosting and #scalable...

• Similar to #BitTorrent's #MagnetLinks, the unique identifier is all that's needed to #sync, #mirror and #share said files.

I've never heard of "AutonomyDweb" and given the use of D in it and Dweb it wakes associations with Dapps and all the #CryptoBro bs. associated with it...

@luks2 @wireshark pre-2020.

I remember asking #Seytonic on   if he intents to put tue content he was forced to pull/got censored by YouTube back up on #IPFS / #BitTorrent #MagnetLinks...

I evej offered to #seed the latter...

@shitpostalotl @nano @slips well, #MagnetLinks do allow to reseed everything.

Also unlike classical hosting, #BitTorrent does allow one to keep costs low, even if that means people will get slower downloads...

Which is desireable as it incentivized seeding...