Re:Show HN: A tool to upload/download files from command line
by dahart on Sunday March 03, 2019 @10:38AM
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For a host providing a free service that they have to pay actual money to run, and having a finite & non-advertised limit on disk space, it makes sense to put a heavier mental price on large files, so that a 1GB upload actually does feel heavier to the user than a 1KB upload.
Re:Show HN: A tool to upload/download files from command line
by lalala1995 on Sunday March 03, 2019 @08:48AM
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I think it is to cut the host's cost on disk ? Not necessary for the benefit of user.
I don't see what the correlation is between a user's file size and how long the user will need it to remain.
Generally people use these services to host a file for around the time it takes someone to check their e-mail/ticket/etc. to download the item -- hopefully within a day, usually a couple days, worst-case scenario a week.
The time-cutoff is based on human behavior.
Plus, it's too much mental overhead for a user to have to worry that each file uploaded lasts for a different amount of time.