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Also why is it cheaper? Shouldn't Dropbox have an economy of scale?

>> No.16882772

>>16882578
its cheaper because they don't personally host the files and don't have any overhead, its split up and spread among thousands of computers running the nodes on their personal computers or networks.

>> No.16882950

>>16882772
Is there any downside to hosting files that way?

>> No.16883427

>>16882950
bump

>> No.16883458

>>16882950
Should be fucking slow

>> No.16884327

>>16882578
>Also why is it cheaper?
Why is living in a cardboard box cheaper than living in a house made of bricks?
No business (or educated consumer) will ever use these "store your files on some random guy's PC" services.

>> No.16884384

>>16882772
>>16882950
The downside is that Opacity doesnt even do this it uses AWS. Go back to your telegram you fucking faggots

>> No.16884807

>>16883458
Going to have to test with a file and see. Makes sense if that's the tradeoff then.

>>16884327
That didn't really provide an answer desu. Dropbox as a consumer is quite rudimentary, I download the app, it syncs across devices, it works, but then so do the ones from Blockstack, google drive, and most alternatives out there.

>>16884384
Source? If true how is it they're so cheap?