I have seen people talking about Github as a repository for source code and I myself use Github for distributed version control, but one thing I didn't understand is why don't people use it for sharing video and audio files?Sure, the compression takes long time (It took 10 minutes for a small 5MB mp3 file for me), but it's actually possible to upload files like that right?Note: I know that we can compress audio and video into a format like tar and upload it painlessly on Github, but that's not what I am really concerned about.QuestionWhat in Github makes it really bad place to use it for cloud storage? Is it just that delta compression process that makes it a bad option?What is the maximum storage space that Github offers for free accounts?Is there any way we can hack Github commands, using which we can use Github like Dropbox? (may be by disabling compression, or something like that) Any help in understanding Git with respect to this question will be appreciated. Thanks!
Why is github not used like dropbox, for sharing video and audio?
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It is not as easy as Dropbox or similar services for that purpose. The free accounts can only have public repositories, so you would also need to pay to keep your private documents on there. Dropbox and such do provide this for free.The more public nature of Github makes me assume takedowns would be more frequent for illegal content sharing.It is not marketed towards that goal. Most people would not think of using it for these reasons.