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One would hope that anyone providing a 35GB download would provide a torrent or magnet-link download. Maybe I'm wrong, but is seeding the torrent any more expe
by douche 11y ago
One would hope that anyone providing a 35GB download would provide a torrent or magnet-link download. Maybe I'm wrong, but is seeding the torrent any more expensive than the same bandwidth from a web/ftp server? And then, it's also possible to offload some of the bandwidth onto the swarm, assuming there's more than one concurrent download.
It is a little amazing that the downloading functionality provided out-of-the-box in all the major browsers is such hot garbage still.
- Nadya 11y agoSo instead of a download manager I need a torrenting program? ;) That's just shifting the problem of "poor downloading" to a different tool. Many would prefer to not have to install another program and would prefer installing an add-on for a program they already have installed. I do agree with you about torrent/magnet link being provided. Though sometimes large .iso downloads don't come with a torrent/magnet link. E: Regardless of file size - even if the download is only 20mb - it's annoying to have to redownload the entire 20mb instead of starting where it left off. What if I'm having connection issues? What if the server is having connection issues? Starting at n% and slowly making progress is better than starting from 0% or having the download be impossible...