The file sharing site 'Zippyshare' with 45 million monthly accesses has a history of 17 years, the cause is an ad blocker and an increase in electricity charges



It has been decided that `` Zippyshare '', which has continued since 2006 as a long-established online storage site that allows file sharing via the Internet, will be closed at the end of March 2023. The operator cites factors such as 'decrease in access', 'spread of ad blockers', and 'increase in electricity charges' as reasons for the closure.

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Zippyshare started in September 2006, before the first iPhone appeared. It attracted a lot of users because users didn't have to pay for uploading files and there weren't many other options.

One of the features of the service is unlimited capacity. Instead, there is a maximum limit of 500MB for single file sizes. Uploaded files are automatically deleted after 30 days of inactivity. There is no way to recover a deleted file and if you want to share it again you will have to re-upload it.

In addition, there is no bandwidth limit when downloading.

In 2012, in the online storage area, an event occurred in which the operator of the particularly popular 'MegaUpload' was arrested and the site was closed.

'Megaupload' closed & FBI arrests operator, astonishing operating situation and earnings amount revealed-GIGAZINE



In response to this, 'FileSonic', which was also a famous online storage service, disabled the file sharing function with others.

'FileSonic' disables the effect of Megaupload closure or file sharing function - GIGAZINE



Zippyshare has survived these major events, but on March 19, 2023, it was announced that the site would be updated for the first time in five years and closed at the end of the month.

The announcement cited multiple reasons for the site closure.

One is simply access reduction. 'We don't need more dinosaurs like us,' he said, as there are other attractive online storage options.

The other is the spread of ad blockers. As mentioned above, Zippyshare can be used for free, so the infrastructure cost was covered by advertising revenue. Furthermore, it was said that it was in a vicious cycle that more people used blockers.

The third is the rise in electricity bills. It is said that the electricity bill has increased 2.5 times in the past year, and it seems that the cost has jumped due to the large number of servers and it has become impossible to balance.

In addition to this, there are so many small reasons that I can write a book, but it is summarized that 'In short, I can no longer afford to maintain the site.'

As parting words, the blog post concludes, 'Thank you for being with us over the years. See you in the depths of the internet.'

in Web Service, Posted by logc_nt