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If you want to put it like that. I invest money each month in steem via hosting IPFS nodes. If we had more seeds, and software that enabled lower ram machines to do seeding (as far as the full steem nodes) then centralization wouldn't exist regarding RPC/API and steemit.com

I pay for internet access. I have tried monthly subscriptions before in the past, I will never pay another monthly subscription. (It was not a good experience). I do not see people paying for internet access, then paying other companies to look at their site. It has not worked well for newspapers, and on-line magazines, I doubt it would work for Steemit. Where are the monthly fees companies like AOL, Compuserve, and Genie now? Just saying I do not think people would pay a monthly fee.

If you pay for internet access, you can seed content. Run full Steem nodes and IPFS nodes. 1 Trillion USD has left the big "free/monthly" companies. Because they are unsustainable. The question becomes, why should i host your data? And the response should be from both sides, community.

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