# The NixOS Foundation's Call to Action: S3 Costs Require Community Support

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixos-foundations-call-to-action-s3-costs-require-community-support/28672
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [June 2, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixos-foundations-call-to-action-s3-costs-require-community-support/28672 "2023-06-02T18:15:26Z")
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### Author: ![endgame](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/endgame/32/2931_2.png) [@endgame](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/endgame)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-nixos-foundations-call-to-action-s3-costs-require-community-support/28672/111 "2023-06-08T23:40:35Z")

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No, I wasn’t present either. Found [this message](https://matrix.to/#/!CJXQiUGqNPcFonEdME:nixos.org/$z08xyM-tybZlTVMUSFo-mywf4oSgNq86ivIGbEpqzJY?via=matrix.org&via=zhaofeng.li&via=lossy.network) from Domen in the scrollback:

> Based on my experience, I’d avoid blackblaze.  
> Cachix used to use it many years ago and it was too unstable.  
> Might have changed, but I wouldn’t risk it.

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