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Just 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 th
by gchamonlive 3y ago
Just 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.