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[-] nightlily@leminal.space 67 points 14 hours ago

I‘m confused. Reddit claims it doesn’t host videos, just links to them but it absolutely does host videos.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 12 hours ago

All their media is hosted under the redditstatic domain, and as far as I can tell, that's hosted on AWS. (There's actually also a redditmedia domain, which they may also use, but that's also on AWS).

That probably means that Reddit can get away with saying they don't host any of it. They merely point their web addresses at the third party host.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 32 points 10 hours ago

No, they really can't. They own and operate the redditstatic domain and rent the server space from AWS. De jure that makes them the hoster.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 16 points 10 hours ago

They are responsible for that AWS account. No court in its right mind would think otherwise.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 23 points 12 hours ago

But they provide the methods of uploading, deleting and viewing the contents of that storage to their end users.
So, it's Reddits storage.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

~~Not since the last half decade.~~

edit: i read the comment backwards. oops.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 19 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

You can upload videos straight to Reddit in 2024

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 13 hours ago

Read the comment backwards :/

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Decade half last the since not?
Darn you Redditors and your code speak!!

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Slightly Disappointed But Also Relieved You Don't Type Like This Anymore Jaden

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

How Can Capital Letters Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real???

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

as a connoisseur of science on Reddit, I can most assuredly confirm Reddit does host video content.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 13 hours ago
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