Steam & Blizzard (probably others) used to delivery games through torrent protocol in the past, before CDNs became cheaper.When StarCraft 2 was lauched, the installer (before Battle.net installer crapware) had a complete graphical visualization of seeders & leechers.Reference: <a href="https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader" rel="nofollow">https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader
Several companies tried this for distributing software.It was very controversial. Users were angry that software companies were using their internet bandwidth to distribute their software. Made a lot of people angry.
>software companies were using their internet bandwidth to distribute their softwareIf I understand the description correctly, microsoft still does this!<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/windows-update-delivery-optimization-and-privacy" rel="nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/windows-...
mococa · · focus · HN ↗
When StarCraft 2 was lauched, the installer (before Battle.net installer crapware) had a complete graphical visualization of seeders & leechers.
Reference: <a href="https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader" rel="nofollow">https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blizzard_Downloader
Aurornis · · focus · HN ↗
It was very controversial. Users were angry that software companies were using their internet bandwidth to distribute their software. Made a lot of people angry.
blharr · · focus · HN ↗
If I understand the description correctly, microsoft still does this!
<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/windows-update-delivery-optimization-and-privacy" rel="nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/windows-...
himata4113 · · focus · HN ↗