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To some degree, the paid services (itunes) won out by making it so easy to use. There wasn't a viable paid alternative in the hayday of p2p file sharing. Do y
by mawise 6y ago
To some degree, the paid services (itunes) won out by making it so easy to use. There wasn't a viable paid alternative in the hayday of p2p file sharing.
Do you know if anyone has explored the viability of smaller-scale file sharing? As in I make my content available directly to my friends, and they can search over my and their friends content? Privacy leads to better security as there is potentially no central server or network to compromise...
- superkuh 6y agoEveryone that used to use computers mostly still use desktops in addition to smart phones. But the vast influx of people that use smart phones as their main system means most don't have full ISP and real connection to the internet. At best they might have an ipv6 address. But an ipv6 and CNAT ipv4 still doesn't allow you to communicate with most peers on the internet even if it does work for most corporate websites. If ipv6 ever arives then p2p can work. But until that time most mobile devices cannot participate in most of the internet, p2p included. And mobile is where the money is spent.