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to successfully use IPFS you must either host your own pinning servers or pay to use a 3rd party. otherwise your content is stored on end user devices and automatically garbage collected.
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ben 2y ago

so in practice most apps built on IPFS storage simply offload the data to 3rd party providers like “web3.storage” and “infura”, right along all those cool monkey pics.

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ben 2y ago

in summary: there is no free lunch for content storage on the internet.

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ben 2y ago

thanks for coming to my Nostr Talk