Right, we need to trade a vanishingly small probability that anti-abuse systems at Google will flag your school photos as Al Qaeda propaganda for the much higher probability that your files hosted on an elaborate scheme operated mostly by 4chan users will be unavailable due to widespread malfunction, malice, and capriciousness.

"We need a distributed volunteer backed free replacement. Is IPFS or gnunet ready for that yet?"

Or you could just choose a provider who respected your privacy and had a very long history of standing for freedom of speech and the rights of users.

If only such a provider existed.

If only ...

There are many replacements for tech savvy people, but few for people who lack the skills or time to futz around with configurations and installs and software updates.

Regular users need something that just works instantly and never needs maintenance. If it doesn’t just work it’s broken.