I still don't know why they are not running on torrent. Its the perfect use case.

heliumtera 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How can you be the man in the middle in a truly P2P environment?

freedomben 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That would shut out most people working for big corp, which is probably a huge percentage of the user base. It's dumb, but that's just the way corp IT is (no torrenting allowed).

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zozbot234 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It's a sensible option, even when not everyone can really use it. Linux distros are routinely transfered via torrent, so why not other massive, open-licensed data?

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freedomben 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh as an option, yeah I agree it makes a ton of sense. I just would expect a very, very small percentage of people to use the torrent over the direct download. With Linux distros, the vast majority of downloads still come from standard web servers. When I download distro images I opt for torrents, but very few people do the same

	▲	zrm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		With Linux distros they typically put the web link right on the main page and have a torrent available if you go look for it, because they want you to try their distro more than they want to save some bandwidth. Suppose HF did the opposite because the bandwidth saved is more and they're not as concerned you might download a different model from someone else.