▲ | jannw 5 days ago | |
Lots of technical discussions - but the real answer is that bittorrent/P2P was displaced by Netflix for all but a small number of hard-core users. That, combined with legal threats, and that p2p required volume/scale to work well, meant that the critical mass died. It was a sad day that we, the users of the internet, en-mass exchanged bittorrent for streaming companies. | ||
▲ | ValdikSS 5 days ago | parent [-] | |
This, and: * Asymmetric network links, slow upload especially on cellular * Traffic package limitations, and both DL and UL are counted * Some ISP are very against p2p, sometimes it's a government policy (China banned "Residential CDNs") * NAT |