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Re:This website is hosted on Bluesky by nerdjon on Monday November 25, 2024 @09:31AM (#42236577)
I actually did not know about what happened with Discord. I mean I think its still a cool concept but no reason to rely on it.

Especially when its so easy and cheap to store something in S3 and stick a domain in front of it for example.

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Re:This website is hosted on Bluesky by aniforprez on Monday November 25, 2024 @09:36AM (#42236616)
They said in their official statement[1] that it was to "block malware" but clearly they did not want to serve file traffic off-site. And yes I am very much in favour of using S3 or at least some file hosting service to dump the files where it's their job to do so. I am not sure why they were all using a chat application's file hosting as a CDN with gleeful abandon.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-will-...

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