Oddbean new post about login | logout Wouldn't that require others to have IPFS too?
Anyone can access IPFS content via the web. Anyone who wants to help host can download IPFS Desktop for free and copy/paste the CID's for content you want to host. And you can upload ANYTHING.
Now I'm in heck because when I looked into IPFS in the past I thought it seemed worthless and what you're describing sounds way too good to be true, so I wish I could remember what was offputting about it to me before. I might have to try offering one of my systems to the network for a little while, even though I'll probably stop after that little while and research it more
Running raw IPFS software is way too complicated unless you're super dedicated. But IPFS Desktop just runs in the background and the interface is crazy easy.
I must have found the protocol itself flawed in some way, like not censorship resistant enough, but must reconsider
It's probably not perfect, but what is. What I found is that storing and sharing files on my system alone made it visible to me within my home network, but not easy to find from outside of that network. Especially with a large video file, it can take some time before it starts to load for anyone else. I'm sure that could be improved somehow, but that was also a few years ago so maybe it already has. I use IPFS storage for some things, but less than I did because I'm not actually trying to store and share large files with others right now. Maybe I'll get back into something that is more of a motivation. But whenever I see someone trying to share videos without going through the corporate server systems, IPFS is the first thing that pops to mind.