Hashbase seems to function as one of the nodes in the DAT network, so even if none of the peers are online at least Hashbase is still there. That's what I gathered from a quick scan.
The DAT network seems interesting and is new to me, but like you said, needing a central node to cache the data seems like breaking the p2p story.
The DAT network seems interesting and is new to me, but like you said, needing a central node to cache the data seems like breaking the p2p story.