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It's funny that this is upsetting people; Bittorrent is based on the same concept.
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
It's funny that this is upsetting people; Bittorrent is based on the same concept.
- aarongough 17y agoBut at least with BT it's optional...
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- xenophanes 17y agooptional and doesn't take manual user intervention. it's automatic, no hassle. and you're only sharing bandwidth not new content.
- jsn 17y agoWhen your byte-trading program encourages you to trade bytes, there's nothing to be upset about. When your [web based] pdf reader forces you to trade bytes -- well, some people get upset. IMHO, you should have rather used rapidshare or megaupload for comparison. I don't use rapidshare and scribd for more or less the same reasons.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoThat sounds like a cheap rhetorical trick. Here, let me try: When your document-trading site expects you to trade documents, there's nothing to be upset about. When your music-downloading program expects you to expose yourself to massive legal liability, people get upset. Oh boy! Now, the people who agree with me get to feel superior about their existing beliefs. Fun stuff.
- soult 17y agoNo. Scribd: To watch our crappy swf stuff you have to upload another PDF. BitTorrent: To download a file (=bittorrent is content agnostic) you should re-upload parts of the file that you have already received.
- moe 17y agoBittorrent is based on the same concept. Yeah, just like cars and legs are based on the same "concept". Hey, they are both about movement!