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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't solve the cost problem. Now all the traffic is going through that intermediate server, and someone has to pay for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The had moved on to legal liability for csam, not hosting costs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Still, hosting costs were the reason for discussing legal liability. Such a server also increases centralization which isn't ideal.