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minus-squareportalsentinel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow is this sustainable for the people hosting this? This almost seems too good to be true.
minus-squareClasm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIirc it uses webtorrent, which is a torrent protocol that runs in-browser for the most part. Small file live on their servers using end-to-end encryption for the 24 hours. Larger files are treated as a peer-to-peer torrent, which means that the tab needs to stay open until your downloadees are done grabbing it.
minus-squareportalsentinel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat webtorrent solution sounds awesome if that’s the case
How is this sustainable for the people hosting this? This almost seems too good to be true.
Iirc it uses webtorrent, which is a torrent protocol that runs in-browser for the most part.
Small file live on their servers using end-to-end encryption for the 24 hours.
Larger files are treated as a peer-to-peer torrent, which means that the tab needs to stay open until your downloadees are done grabbing it.
That webtorrent solution sounds awesome if that’s the case