Could you do an average Joe-Version of this please?
I imagine my father sitting there trying to guess what "collateral" in that case means, how much he has to pay etc.
Can't you come up with s.th. like
Package A (1TB, costs = ca. 2$)
Package B ...
something like that? I think the $/€ connection should be there because not everyone is that much into crypto and just wants to store his files safely... Apart from that, great job!
Sia's tech is focused on enterprise level use and it will be third party apps and hardware that will allow it to be marketed to the less techy crowd. Think of it as the engine. Car manufacturers need a good engine to put under the hood, but many drivers don't know the distributor cap from the alternator.
https://minebox.io/#features Minebox is a piece of hardware that should be plug and play Sia farming once it is implemented. Bitseed may also be implementing it as well. This is where it gets exciting for little end users like you and I.
A likely scenario would be that many will be using Sia without even knowing just as many Dropbox users don't think about the fact that they are using Amazon S3 and don't have to. Your father would likely be using this third party storage service for the convenience and ease of use over using the Sia client directly.
Sorry, can't help you myself, but if you go to 
