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Re:WebTorrent – BitTorrent over WebRTC by notalaser on Monday January 18, 2016 @03:15AM (#10923212)
Or, you know, you could ask users if they want to download it :-).

It seems to be done as a demo right now. Why not just add a big red "click here for a demo" thing?

There are very few things that you can reliably find out over the web. Whether or not a connection is metered isn't one of them.

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Re:WebTorrent – BitTorrent over WebRTC by rmc on Monday January 18, 2016 @05:01AM (#10923532)
Or a "The download will begin in 10 seconds. Press the pause button to stop it"
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