u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe internet provider on my dorm explicitly allows legal torrentsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1586arrow-down19
arrow-up1577arrow-down1imageThe internet provider on my dorm explicitly allows legal torrentsfiles.catbox.moeu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square149linkfedilink
minus-squarequpada@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoI know WoW used bittorrent for game updates, it was built in and was the “standard” download mechanism. https://worldofwarcraft.fandom.com/et/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader I’m sure it’s far from the only game that did.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSpotify got its start by distributing its music files peer-to-peer as well.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoEmbrace Extend Extinguish. Maybe they shouldn’t have in the end
I know WoW used bittorrent for game updates, it was built in and was the “standard” download mechanism.
https://worldofwarcraft.fandom.com/et/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader
I’m sure it’s far from the only game that did.
Interesting! Thanks
Spotify got its start by distributing its music files peer-to-peer as well.
Embrace Extend Extinguish. Maybe they shouldn’t have in the end