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Maybe I'm missing something crucial, but why not just host the content on your own server? I.e., just download that Google font, jquery.js or FontAwesome and serve it directly instead of using an external CDN.

The post seems to say "I don't like where some content is coming from, so I re-created said content by myself".



To first thought, there may be licenses in place preventing you from self-hosting the content.


At least in the case of Google Web Fonts and FontAwesome, I am almost positive there is no issue with hosting locally.


Then you pay the bandwidth bill.

I know I would rather save a few bucks over make a site work for China. Many sites don't need to work in China.


That leaves AddThis and Gravatar


Can't you just proxy gravatar?




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