Because it’s overly-centralized. If an AMZN data center goes down, huge swaths of the Internet go offline. And while AMZN hasn’t been too aggressive with censorship so far, that could change. They are already banning books.

Have you looked at Storj/Tardigrade as an alternative? Or Livepeer for transcoding? I’m not sure these things are ready for prime time but seem like compelling decentralized alternatives to AWS for transcoding and storage. Might be worth keeping an eye on.

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