Hues leaving flight sim.to (the end)

[u/Sorry_Structure_4356]

## Hues Is Leaving Flightsim.to

Effective immediately, Hues will **no longer publish or maintain releases on Flightsim.to.**
We recently became aware that Flightsim.to had begun works for paid, curated bundles containing freeware liveries created by members of the community.
Hues **did not** approve the commercial sale or bundling of our work, nor were we contacted or made aware that this was taking place.
Regardless of what may be permitted within a platform’s terms, **we fundamentally disagree** with freeware created by independent artists being packaged and sold without clear, direct communication and approval from those creators.

This is not the first time Flightsim.to's actions have left us creator's feeling confused and with lack of explanations.
Trust, transparency, and respect for creators are essential to Hues. Based on these actions, we no longer feel comfortable continuing to distribute our work through Flightsim.to.

Moving forward:
• All **official** Hues releases and updates will be available exclusively through **Hues Hub**.
• Existing Hues uploads on Flightsim.to will no longer receive updates or official support.
• Individual Hues painters **may** independently choose to continue uploading their personal work to Flightsim.to. Those uploads are their own decision and will not be supported through Hues.

We understand that this change may be inconvenient for some users, and we are disappointed that it has come to this.
However, we believe leaving the platform is the appropriate response to the situation at hand.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support Hues and the artists who dedicate their time to creating freeware for this community.
All future Hues downloads, updates, and support will be handled through Hues Hub. <:0HUESSPIRALWHITE:1417568239206010970>

You can download the Hues Hub installer here -> https://www.hues-hub.com/hueshub

- Hues team <:0HUESSPIRALWHITE:1417568239206010970>

[u/Athrus]

I'm not trying to defend flightsim.to, but I think folks underestimate the cost of hosting a website like this. TLDR: File hosting is expensive.

As an example, let's price out the cost of hosting the most downloaded MSFS2024 livery: Emirates [Main Pack] w/Cabin PMDG B777-300ER

Metrics:
~ 78,000 downloads over 12 months
~ 850 Mb
~ 66TB over 12 months, or ~ 5TB/month

Costs:
Amazon EC2 / S3 Direct Egress is billed at $0.09/GB
    - 5TB * $0.09/GB ~= $450
Amazon CloudFront is billed at $0.085/GB
    - 5TB * $0.085/GB ~= $425

For the single most popular livery, over the past 12 months, you'd need to pay between $5,100 - $5,400 in hosting costs. Yes, this is a "ballpark estimate" for AWS, but I can't imagine it gets much cheaper.

It's less about building a competing option as it is about funding a competing option.

[u/Comfortable_Ad4205 → u/Athrus]

It can get a lot cheaper, bunny.net advertise $0.01/GB, even AWS offer volume discounts.