Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to games • 4 months agoHuge internet emulation website ROMhacking changes to news only and releases entire 11GB of files onto Internet Archive for preservationexternal-linkmessage-square15 fedilinkarrow-up1110
arrow-up1110external-linkHuge internet emulation website ROMhacking changes to news only and releases entire 11GB of files onto Internet Archive for preservationYuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to games • 4 months agomessage-square15 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareGay_Tomato [they/them, it/its]hexbear35·4 months agoThis was likely a result of incompetence and boomer level stubborness/entitlement from the site owner. The fact that the article didn't even mention this response is bad journalism. link
minus-squareFindom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]hexbear17·4 months ago...what the hell were they doing that made S3 more cost-effective for that amount of storage? link
minus-squareChronicon [they/them]hexbear14·4 months agojudging by the age of the site and temperament of the owner, probably just running a big (maybe even physical, colocated) server that could handle the peak load and letting it sit idle all other times. link
This was likely a result of incompetence and boomer level stubborness/entitlement from the site owner. The fact that the article didn't even mention this response is bad journalism.
...what the hell were they doing that made S3 more cost-effective for that amount of storage?
judging by the age of the site and temperament of the owner, probably just running a big (maybe even physical, colocated) server that could handle the peak load and letting it sit idle all other times.