Cloudflare is a CDN that added R2 storage, which leverges the CDN, to some extent, by default it seems
AWS made S3 as data storage, then added CloudFront for CDN purposes. The CDN is an optional addon which may or may not make sense... E.g. an internal data storage staying in AWS doesn't need the CDN.
Comparing CloudFlare to S3 is apples and oranges, in my option. Comparing CloudFlare+R2 and S3+CloudFront is more appropriate, I think.
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Additional thoughts:
It's hard to evaluate the bias of the author.. The author clearly dislikes AWS, and while some of the plants are generally what I would agree with.. I question if the author is properly evaluating AWS in the comparison and trying to sell their book. Would the book be any better, or would it echo chamber the typical AWS perceived negatives. For instance, the author notes S3 intelligent tiering... But if you know that the data is not going to be accessed, you could likely skip the overhead of intelligent tiering and directly put it into a cheaper storage class... And in general the same with other S3 data types.
I do generally agree that AWS bandwidth charges are extortion... But I still would want less bias in a product review/comparison from something posted here on hacker news.
AWS made S3 as data storage, then added CloudFront for CDN purposes. The CDN is an optional addon which may or may not make sense... E.g. an internal data storage staying in AWS doesn't need the CDN.
Comparing CloudFlare to S3 is apples and oranges, in my option. Comparing CloudFlare+R2 and S3+CloudFront is more appropriate, I think.
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Additional thoughts:
It's hard to evaluate the bias of the author.. The author clearly dislikes AWS, and while some of the plants are generally what I would agree with.. I question if the author is properly evaluating AWS in the comparison and trying to sell their book. Would the book be any better, or would it echo chamber the typical AWS perceived negatives. For instance, the author notes S3 intelligent tiering... But if you know that the data is not going to be accessed, you could likely skip the overhead of intelligent tiering and directly put it into a cheaper storage class... And in general the same with other S3 data types.
I do generally agree that AWS bandwidth charges are extortion... But I still would want less bias in a product review/comparison from something posted here on hacker news.