u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoThe internet provider on my dorm explicitly allows legal torrentsimagemessage-square168linkfedilinkarrow-up1650arrow-down18
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minus-squarequpada@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up24·8 days 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-up6·7 days agoSpotify got its start by distributing its music files peer-to-peer as well.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days 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.
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
Interesting! Thanks