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This site limits torrent downloads but not direct downloads, which is strange because torrents are usually cheaper and more bandwidth-efficient for the host.

I'm curious about this — could anyone explain why?

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[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe direct download makes money, as they often limit download count and speed to promote paid subscriptions, which a visitor only needs if someone uploaded something they need, so the uploader gets some money back, I guess. And for the others, there's still ad revenue

Torrent links can still be found on pages full of ads, but still, once you got the file or the magnet link, you don't need to be on that site anymore.

[–] tug7503@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I guess this is the reason, thanks