[nypar]

>(...) there are some announcements coming up that will "remove any doubt."

I guess in the next few months, it will be interesting to see how they compare to low cost competitors like "Backblaze B2". https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html https://www.backblaze.com/blog/b2-cloud-storage-frequent-que...

[jo909]

Backup/archive storage is a use case where storing your data far away from any processing power does not matter.

Far away in the sense of bandwidth, latency and transfer costs.

For (nearly) everything else, the opposite is true. Google Cloud stands out in the PaaS-world because of their excellent internal network.

While an excellent offer in their own domain, Backblaze B2 is not comparable at all.

[nypar]

Thanks for the explanations. Much appreciated.