> We've already preserved 100,000+ files, and are quite reliable at this point.
"quite reliable" doesn't cut it for a paid service for me, even a new one.
My second issue, and I might be wrong about this, is that there's no way to share photos with someone who isn't a (paying) ente user.
As an engineer, I shy away from using superlatives. But sorry, I now understand that this could have been phrased better. Thank you for pointing it out.
> no way to share photos
Correction, the receiver can be on the free plan.
But I think you need user logged in because of encryption.
We could generate public URLs that contain the decryption key of the album within the URL fragment. But as an encrypted storage provider, we would like to ship this only after we're reasonably confident that there are checks in place to prevent abuse.
For example: albums.ente.io/{albumID}/!#{decryptionKey}
Now on the receivers side, the client can use this `decryptionKey` to decrypt and render the photos.
It's fine in a spoken context as tone can add sufficient extra meaning. If you can guarantee the listener is expecting an informal register then it probably also comes across as a superlative. "I met him and he's quite unpleasant" would usually imply he was a total c*nt.
Personally, I'd never trust the only copy of something important to a service provider--especially one that isn't a "big name." (Though even in the case of big names there can be issues with account access, etc.)
ADDED: Curious why people find this a controversial statement. I understand if you have AWS set up with various redundancies but even a service like Backblaze I consider a belt and suspenders-type backup. This is in no way a commentary on the OP but simply an acknowledgement that stuff happens.
Our current setup includes primary backups to BackBlaze[1], and eventually consistent replications to Scaleway's cold storage[2].
We would like to offer an extra replica as an addon in the future.
I know a lot of people these days are fine with their stuff mostly just being stored in "the cloud" someplace. But for things like photos, I really want a couple copies under my control to the degree possible.