> Google Drive is the opposite. It's better for sharing. Just drop in an email address, or share a permanent link. But it no longer supports range requests, so it's essentially walled off from the rest of the web.
What's the difference between a permanent link and simply making the file public? (The email address, that's essentially requiring the person to have a Google account, so that's the same as IAM.)
Not a huge difference if you add your own obfuscation layer, but the UI and tooling isn't built around that use case.
Does Drive require a google account? I haven't tested that. If so that's really sad. I know you can share with non-google email addresses but maybe they have to already be logged in with a google account for it to work.
What's the difference between a permanent link and simply making the file public? (The email address, that's essentially requiring the person to have a Google account, so that's the same as IAM.)