It's not a strawman because (a) I agreed with you, (b) context, and (c) I asked a question based on what you seemed to be implying in that context: a question to which you still haven't provided an answer.

Let me put it another way: what specifically are you suggesting as an alternative?

If I had to pick a solution from what's available right now technology wise I'd pick something that links based on content hashes. And then pulls the content from decentralized hosting.

I don't think I like IPFS as an organization, but tech wise it's probably what I'd go with.