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Re:Flattr is closing down by opengears on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:13PM (#39045289)
This argument does not take bandwidth into account. If the goal is to download a lot of different files, you will be effectively limiting your download with keeping (especially very popular) torrents seeded. I stand corrected if somebody could please disprove me.
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Re:Flattr is closing down by ThrowawayTestr on Thursday January 18, 2024 @03:50PM (#39047493)
As the other commenter said, upload and download speeds are separate. And if you mean data caps, most internet connections have "unlimited" bandwidth unless you're torrenting off your phone.
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Re:Flattr is closing down by master-lincoln on Thursday January 18, 2024 @02:07PM (#39046153)
Isn't bandwidth up- and download independent usually, so seeding (uploading) would not affect your downloads?
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