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Distributed hosting means there isn't a single point of failure. Even without DMCAs it's fairly common to try cloning a random gitlab or plain git repo only to
by Dibby053 2y ago
Distributed hosting means there isn't a single point of failure. Even without DMCAs it's fairly common to try cloning a random gitlab or plain git repo only to find it's down.
- YetAnotherNick 2y agoI have multiple torrent downloads pending for more than an year. Just because it is distributed doesn't mean it is safe from being lost.
- Dibby053 2y agoNobody is arguing that, but it's certainly less likely to go down or be lost than a typical direct download link. It's also easier/cheaper to self-host very popular repos with P2P, because it scales nicely.