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minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoWasn’t the point of AO3 that nowhere else was willing to host it?
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoNo, just no corporate-owned users-as-a-product site. Millions of people are willing (and already do) host downloaded files from AO3 on their phones and computers. That’s redundancy.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThey’re hosting the content from their phones for other users? What’s the mechanism for that because that sounds really useful.
Wasn’t the point of AO3 that nowhere else was willing to host it?
No, just no corporate-owned users-as-a-product site. Millions of people are willing (and already do) host downloaded files from AO3 on their phones and computers. That’s redundancy.
They’re hosting the content from their phones for other users? What’s the mechanism for that because that sounds really useful.