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Um... it doesn't sound like they "fooled pirates" it sounds like they took advantage of the bittorrent protocol for exactly what it was designed for: distributi
by habitue 17y ago
Um... it doesn't sound like they "fooled pirates" it sounds like they took advantage of the bittorrent protocol for exactly what it was designed for: distributing large files.
- vault_ 17y agoI don't even think that what they're doing is particularly novel. Blizzard has been distributing World of Warcraft via bittorrent for a while now, and other games I've downloaded have essentially had their own front-end on a torrent client. What I think is more interesting though is the idea of distributing it for free on channels that are usually limited to less legal endeavors, and later patching in a monetization scheme.