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Not necessarily, you need one download then theoretically torrents will do the rest. People don’t download directly from Netflix.
by righthand 3y ago
Not necessarily, you need one download then theoretically torrents will do the rest. People don’t download directly from Netflix.
- gchamonlive 3y agoJust to add to it, torrent isn't piracy technology, it is just a sharing protocol. Netflix could very well leverage that to lighten distribution load. Didn't think of that, nice catch.
- alt227 3y agoIm pretty sure that would be illegal, but even if not there would be such pushback at using customers own bandwidth to distribute their own content.
- gchamonlive 3y agoNetflix for instance running their own tracker, then clearly advertising an advanced tier with lower pricing, with good documentation on how to set up, is just enough
- ndriscoll 3y agoWorld of Warcraft was distributing updates as torrents 20 years ago. It was fine.
- TheBigSalad 3y agoIt's actually pretty wasteful that it doesn't work that way.
- alt227 3y agoYou cant simply start using your customers bandwidth to distribute your own content.