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I‘m confused. Reddit claims it doesn’t host videos, just links to them but it absolutely does host videos.
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.
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.
But they provide the methods of uploading, deleting and viewing the contents of that storage to their end users.
So, it's Reddits storage.
They are responsible for that AWS account. No court in its right mind would think otherwise.
~~Not since the last half decade.~~
edit: i read the comment backwards. oops.
You can upload videos straight to Reddit in 2024
Read the comment backwards :/
Decade half last the since not?
Darn you Redditors and your code speak!!
Slightly Disappointed But Also Relieved You Don't Type Like This Anymore Jaden
How Can Capital Letters Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real???
as a connoisseur of science on Reddit, I can most assuredly confirm Reddit does host video content.
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From article
Could not find any post statistics, but they probably are correct and percentage wise uploaded videos should be at the bottom, but total count probably is too large to be simply disregarded. Reddit probably has more videos than Vimeo which is purely video based. And if Reddit would be in the clear then so should be Twitter and Facebook since those too are primarily text based.