RE: AWS is Down - This is Why We Need Decentralised Storage like Storj etc
IPFS is basically the love child of git and bitorrent.
I've used it, it works well. But my preference right now is for https://zeronet.io/
I find the adjustments they made to the IPFS protocol to be more secure and more scalable.
The big problem with all of these storage schemes though is that your data can age out of the system. In the case of Storjx if you don't pay the bill, you lose your data, simple as that.
This makes it unsuitable for long term storage.
All of them though eventually fall back to AWS S3 or something similar and this leaves us with the cloud problem.
https://xkcd.com/908/
The only solution to that is going to be the adoption of content addressable networks and a change in internet topology to open mesh networks. That will require the realization that unlimited high speed internet is as fundamental to the modern human experience as electricity was to the previous generation and water to the generation before that.
Until we have those things in place, we will keep facing these same problems.
I love how informed you are about this @williambanks
I've never been introduced to ANY of this until I joined Steemit and I've realized on several occasions how little I know.
Thank you so much for your enlightened words @williambanks - I was not aware of those issues. I am very much guided in these sorts of things by more knowledgeable people like yourself. I will check out Zeronet. Also love XKCD!