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It's simple, an HTTPS download is between you and the provider. It would be unprofessional for them to encourage a system which they do not control. Torrents co

It's simple, an HTTPS download is between you and the provider. It would be unprofessional for them to encourage a system which they do not control. Torrents could be unreliable, require the downloader to also upload by default, breach your privacy by announcing your IP to others, and may be throttled by your ISP.

whatshisface 8y ago
Blizzard torrents WoW updates. They are reliable because Blizzard can just serve downloads like normal as if they just happened to be over the BitTorrent protocol, and clients can join up and help out when they're able. The company can encrypt the payload to maintain a semblance of licensing and run the biggest seeders themselves.
StudentStuff 8y ago
Yet both Microsoft and Blizzard have decided P2P file distribution is just fine and dandy to use for their customers. It seems the only downsides are a slight complexity increase to handle torrent downloads for files that most of your customers need, with the upside that those same clients get their files faster thanks to the additional bandwidth gained using P2P tech like BitTorrent. On the reliability side, you can easily include an HTTP web seed, though as long as the company offers the torrent on their fileserver, there isn't much benefit for doing that. Windows 10 P2P Distribution for Updates: https://lifehacker.com/windows-10-uses-your-bandwidth-to-distribute-updates-d-1721091469 https://lifehacker.com/windows-10-uses-your-bandwidth-to-dis... Blizzard/HTTP Web Seed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent
- blibble 8y ago
  blizzard binned bittorrent in 2015 https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/16283439122 https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/16283439122
  - StudentStuff 8y ago
    That they did, but P2P distribution of files is still alive and well used in numerous industries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent#Adoption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent#Adoption

whatshisface 8y ago

Blizzard torrents WoW updates. They are reliable because Blizzard can just serve downloads like normal as if they just happened to be over the BitTorrent protocol, and clients can join up and help out when they're able. The company can encrypt the payload to maintain a semblance of licensing and run the biggest seeders themselves.

StudentStuff 8y ago

Yet both Microsoft and Blizzard have decided P2P file distribution is just fine and dandy to use for their customers. It seems the only downsides are a slight complexity increase to handle torrent downloads for files that most of your customers need, with the upside that those same clients get their files faster thanks to the additional bandwidth gained using P2P tech like BitTorrent. On the reliability side, you can easily include an HTTP web seed, though as long as the company offers the torrent on their fileserver, there isn't much benefit for doing that. Windows 10 P2P Distribution for Updates: https://lifehacker.com/windows-10-uses-your-bandwidth-to-distribute-updates-d-1721091469 https://lifehacker.com/windows-10-uses-your-bandwidth-to-dis... Blizzard/HTTP Web Seed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

blibble 8y ago
blizzard binned bittorrent in 2015 https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/16283439122 https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/16283439122
- StudentStuff 8y ago
  That they did, but P2P distribution of files is still alive and well used in numerous industries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent#Adoption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent#Adoption