[HN Gopher] Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces
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       Replacing Dropbox in favor of DigitalOcean spaces
        
       Author : mitjafelicijan
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2021-01-25 21:43 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | jph wrote:
       | You wrote about deplatforming-- heads up that DigitalOcean does
       | deplatform people. I have direct firsthand knowledge of
       | DigitalOcean deplatforming a security disclosure professional for
       | reporting a root breach bug.
        
       | __soter__ wrote:
       | $5 for 250GB of storage and then $20 per TB ($0.02/GB) after that
       | seems a bit steep.                 Plans and Pricing       The
       | base rate of a Spaces subscription is $5/month and gives you the
       | ability to create multiple Spaces.       The subscription
       | includes 250 GiB of data storage (cumulative across all of your
       | Spaces). Additional storage beyond this allotment is $0.02/GiB.
       | If you cancel your subscription by destroying all your Spaces,
       | your bill will be prorated hourly.
       | 
       | https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/
        
         | secfirstmd wrote:
         | Interesting comparison price when something like Sia is so
         | cheap per TB (4 dollars). Will be interesting to see how it
         | developers.
        
           | mitjafelicijan wrote:
           | It looks they also have S3 support now. Will need to try it
           | out.
           | 
           | https://blog.sia.tech/introducing-s3-style-file-sharing-
           | for-...
        
           | jrockway wrote:
           | I think $20/TB*month is exactly what GCP charges, and is
           | probably on par with what Amazon charges.
        
             | secfirstmd wrote:
             | True. That's what makes Sia intriguing
        
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       | dyeje wrote:
       | If you're cool with the spartan interface, why not use S3? Isn't
       | most of the value prop on DO Spaces the CDN component?
        
         | mitjafelicijan wrote:
         | With s3cmd you could use it with almost anything supporting S3.
         | I work with AWS every day and am a bit shell shocked by it :)
         | And for personal things I prefer DO. And my needs are low. My
         | whole sync folder is about 5gb.
         | 
         | But yeah, I could use AWS S3. I agree.
        
       | quaffapint wrote:
       | You could also go the route of using Backblaze for storage and
       | Cloudflare for delivery. You'll pay $1.25 for the same 250gb
       | ($0.005/gb) and get free bandwidth through CF.
        
       | uxenthusiast wrote:
       | What kind of digital ocean plan did you get for your setup ? I've
       | been thinking about putting together something similar but the
       | price to get a reasonable amount of space seemed prohibitive.
        
         | mitjafelicijan wrote:
         | I choose Spaces which costs $5 a month. And you don't actually
         | need VPS for this.
         | 
         | https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/
        
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