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Bitbucket doesn't have this problem.

• c0nfused 13y ago
  Bitbucket will have this problem. Anyone giving away free file hosting eventually runs into this problem. Google just happens to also have drive to fall back on.
  • piokuc 13y ago
    We'll see if Bitbucket takes these kind of drastic measures. Anyway, I don't understand one thing: why is it safer to let developers host the download files on their drive? What's the difference, really? Nobody could upload the files anonymously, could they? Perhaps it's just a way to 'encourage' people to use the drive?
    • dragonwriter 13y ago
      > Anyway, I don't understand one thing: why is it safer to let developers host the download files on their drive? What's the difference, really? Drive's intended use case and sharing model may support dealing with abuse reports more efficient (for instance, it might make it practical to shift a reported file to non-publicly-shared after receiving an abuse report but before confirming that it contains malware.)
• mh- 13y ago
  I think the problem comes with a significant userbase
  • piokuc 13y ago
    I don't really know the numbers of projects hosted on bitbucket and Google Code but it's true that it's often the case that the underdog (say Bitbucket in this case) offers the best value. Apart from the downloads they also offer free private repos.