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account42 on July 16, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur

Image hosting is not a viable business.

Source: every image host that has ever existed (note the past tense)

8organicbits on July 16, 2024 [–]

Charge for storage and bandwidth. Providers like AWS S3 are doing fine with that model.

E: not bandwidth, data transfer

sweca on July 16, 2024 | [–]

And this is exactly why S3 is meant for developers. The average person does not want to think about limits they cannot control, like a burst in viewership for an image they uploaded.

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