Thank you for taking the time to write all this great feedback.
I am very appreciative.
Photos: Yes I actually recently added support for photos. It just resizes them to 1080p resolution. So not very flexible but all software must start somewhere. Give it a shot? They tend to be around 0.1MB.
I bought the domain 8mb.app .. maybe should switch names since it does more then video?
What kind of watermark do you want to add? text? graphic?
What video resolution do you want? Right now it reduces video to 720p, or keeps it the same if already smaller.
> It would be nice to see the options before I click upload file.
What do you mean?
> Perhaps it would be nice to add some javascript trick to change the link from "Download xyz.mp4" to "You have already downloaded the video. Click here to upload a new one."
Yes! Good idea! Will do.
> Perhaps it should be something like "8mb.uploaded_file_name.mp4".
That would make sense. I will consider it.
If you have more feedback, I'm listening because those were great points.
The neat thing is that incoming bandwidth to AWS is free, so people upload 100's of megabytes and we only get billed for the 8MB we send back. (CPU time/cost to transcode is negligible).
Let novice users (or even lazy pros) create a professional quality podcast without needing extra software or hosting.
Re: upload an audio file
Soundcloud built their business around doing just this, albeit for a different market. They do support Podcasts but you can tell from the interface it is meant for music primarily.
I've made a website that gives you a disposable phone number, similiar to popular mobile apps (Burner, Extra Phone Number, etc.) (The latter of which I built.)
For HN only (I haven't posted this anywhere else yet) you can use the service for free (yes you will get a disposable phone number to use how you like). Just click Purchase Credits and use the credit card number 4111111111111111. I will disable this once I get enough testers.
If you do sign up, please try it out and report feedback, since it does cost me money to tun.
I agree the connection is weak. The similarity is that both services provide a short URL for a resource. In the case of TinURL, it is a longer URL. In the case of gping.io, it is your vehicle.
Gimme a mulligan on the tagline and I promise to come up with something better :)
I agree users will want something better. I want to learn a little more about who the potential users are before implementing an authentication system for them.
For example, if this were to be strictly a consumer app, then Google or Facebook auth would make sense. If this ends up being used by businesses, that speaks to another solution perhaps.