I stuck a small amount of money into a separate checking account, pointed my AWS account to it, and now I'm fairly sure my static website in s3 will outlive my grandkids.
There are probably many flaws with my statement about generational static websites, but from a "cloud storage" perspective like TFA, I'm saying it's cheap as free.
I wonder what it'd take:
- An llc/ trust with enough ownership over the contents to host them
- A statement in my will that certain domains and accounts should be signed over to them
- Some executor who is tech savvy enough (probably at the LLC / Trust / Entity) to actually transfer domains, content, and set up hosting.
Given all this, it might be $5000 to host a site for 100 years, assuming $1/m ($1200) actual costs, and $20/y ($2k) domain costs, and a little extra for the execution bit.
We've basically built the wayback machine / internet archive, except with opt-in hosting at the original domain (only the ip changes, I presume).
But again, I am not sure that's correct. Now as for paying the cost for egress, I'm betting they could drain my account if they wanted.