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If big servers were the only ones paying for bandwidth this argument would make sense, but the way the internet works right now is everyone is paying for all th
by contravariant 4y ago
If big servers were the only ones paying for bandwidth this argument would make sense, but the way the internet works right now is everyone is paying for all the bandwidth they use so there's not a priori a reason to assume the bandwidth is entirely unpaid for.
As torrents demonstrate it's not necessarily bandwidth that's a problem, it's mostly durability and discoverability.
- upupandup 4y agoI'm not sure if I follow, who is going to foot the million+ bill?
- contravariant 4y agoThe ~million users.
- upupandup 4y agoso you think everyone of those million users is going to donate more than $5? even then it wouldn't be be able to handle the traffic or keep the lights on. im sorry but you clearly have not thought this through. its just not sustainable with this donation model.
- contravariant 4y agoWhat donation? I'm paying for every bit that I send or receive!