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I'd expect a team like xda-developers to run a seed of their content; it's the best way to make sure it is still available.

• chii 12y ago
  the point is that a service like rapidshare doesn't cost the user any money (and instead, get ads). Running a torrent server is expensive, and require dedicated hardware too. You can't really seed from the webhost after all.
  • pgeorgi 12y ago
    You can seed from regular webhosts - as long as it's a regular http query to a regular http server, not some temporary http query hidden behind several layers of interstitial ads for the premium account.
  • rakoo 12y ago
    The user can use seedboxes, they're far from being as difficult to use as dedicated hardware. They sometimes have some free tier that I expect would be more than enough for a team like xda-developers (think 5GB). It's true that they wouldn't be able to earn money through this, though.