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fussloyesterday at 4:02 PM1 replyview on HN

I know there's a lot of questions why it's so expensive, but can I just extol the work done by Riley and team?

Since the Epstein files dropped they've cloned gmail, gdrive, gmessages, amazon orders, transcribed court proceedings (yes with AI), fights, facebook, and imessages.

It's an insane amount of work. They added the latest batch of files, photos, videos in like 2 weeks. And he's keeping up files that the justice department took down.

jmail has made it so much easier for everyone to explore the files.

I don't know how Riley has planned to monetize this or if it's simply for the public good. I can totally understand not wanting to optimize for cost from the outset. And I see a lot of abject criticism on every social media platform rather than constructive.


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moralestapiayesterday at 4:54 PM

This was there (way) before the last batch of files was released.

But your point stands, the amount of work they've put into this is remarkable.