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Re:The Web3 Fraud by v64 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @11:43PM (#29587843)
> In fact in the history of the internet I cannot find a single example of any technology working better in a decentralized fashion compared to centralized for the end user

For many use cases, BitTorrent is a superior file distribution mechanism compared to centralized alternatives.

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Re:The Web3 Fraud by dehrmann on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:49AM (#29588347)
It's not. CDNs have proven better for use cases that aren't piracy.
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Re:The Web3 Fraud by esjeon on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:05AM (#29588029)
BT, as a community, is actually being challenged by cheap streaming services, like Netflix, Spotify, Youtube, Steam, etc. They are so cheap and convenient that even simple torrenting feels very slow and cumbersome.
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Re:The Web3 Fraud by paxys on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:45AM (#29588754)
BitTorrent is a terrible file distribution mechanism. I can't think of a single instance where I have had better performance downloading a torrent than a simple FTP/HTTP transfer or video stream from a web server or CDN.
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Re:The Web3 Fraud by hammyhavoc on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:36AM (#29590845)
Resilio Sync for Business worked way better for us than Dropbox and OneDrive with their CDN.
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Re:The Web3 Fraud by webmaven on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:05PM (#29595811)
Were your use cases intra- or inter-organizational?
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