Originally Posted by kerb9729
Looks pretty interesting, but there's an external server in the mix.
Who maintains that server, and what happens to addons that depend on it when it goes away?
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Great questions, thank you!
I tried to stay away from having a server up, but I needed a hub to receive the data and then relay it to the rightful recipient. But it's not written in stone, so if we can come up with an alternative I'd be glad to change it.
I'll maintain the server. I already keep 4 servers and 5 web applications up and running as my job so no big deal here. The web service's being designed to be very low cost (no file storage, small database, etc.) and the source will be also be open, so anyone can take over if I'm no longer able. Also, if and whenever that happens I'll be notifying everyone by email in advance.
Worst case scenario is user's data won't be uploaded and/or new data won't be downloaded, that's all that could ever happen, so no real damage to anyone, nothing would be lost, the user could still do it manually.