u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoThe internet provider on my dorm explicitly allows legal torrentsfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down17
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minus-squarequpada@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 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-up5·3 days agoSpotify got its start by distributing its music files peer-to-peer as well.
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.
Interesting! Thanks