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You're right. But: The basic idea is this: Let's say i once downloaded long-tail file X. Me sharing it for years and years isn't the default. But what if it w
by petra 8y ago
You're right. But:
The basic idea is this: Let's say i once downloaded long-tail file X. Me sharing it for years and years isn't the default.
But what if it was ? what if this was built into one of the popular torrent clients , and i would have to opt-out to change it ?
- ghaff 8y agoWell, in addition to using your bandwidth, it's exposing you to potential copyright claims through your ISP if the sharing is discovered. So there are good reasons why people don't necessarily want share files willy-nilly. I'd very leery of a torrent client that defaulted to potentially unsafe--for me--behavior.
- petra 8y agoRe Copyright claims: it's a good point. Some countries have tough ISP's and laws. But in other places, this isn't a big issue. But to share a file, usually you have to keep it in your file list - and that takes up visual space, attention, and bandwidth/storage, so you just delete it. But what if the software limited bandwidth/storage for such files to 5% of your total, and managed that in a way that wouldn't clutter or take any attention ? Maybe in a different tab - so you'd still have full control, if needed ?