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by vidarh 3926 days ago
It's cheap for blob storage. It's terribly expensive compared to hosting yourself.

So yeah, I'd agree with you. But for anyone prepared to use S3 for anything but cold storage, this is still a lot cheaper.

My suggestion would be to use this for cold storage + big cache boxes at a provider with low bandwidth charges. Especially if your "hot" objects make up a relatively small percentage.