IPFS is completely decentralized, as long as the dev keeps paying their pinata subscription.....no shade to pinata I love y'all but this is just hilarious to me

Why does decentralization equal free to people? 

The word "decentralization" doesn't mean magic

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I wrote about the problem in 2020. 

The issue is early NFT people curated a meme that forever was worth more to pump their bags and it has continued to this day.

A rock is forever, doesn't mean it's worth anything.

All you need is an obvious or automated transfer of responsibility.

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I wrote about the problem in 2020. 

The issue is early NFT people curated a meme that forever was worth more to pump their bags and it has continued to this day.

A rock is forever, doesn't mean it's worth anything.

All you need is an obvious or automated transfer of responsibility.

https://medium.com/pinata/who-is-responsible-for-nft-data-99fb4e8147e4

Totally agree, hence the no shade part. My (badly worded) point was that most users think of their nft files as being permanent when in reality they are usually just pinned by a subscription. The dev can pin elsewhere as a backup, but I don't know if that's very common. kudos to @stevedylandev.eth for the excellent reply, and to you for building a great team.