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Why isn't OnionShare more popular among pirating communities? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was just browsing some torrents lately and anything that isn't on a torrent is on a website like rapidgator. Rapidgator is ok if you downloading audiobooks, but why aren't more people using OnionShare to send and receive files? I haven't used it and I don't know it's limitations, but if I ever wanted a file which was shared over it, I would spring into action and install it.

So yeah, why?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I already tested it,
It was good enough,

For me, I don't want to use their resources, because this service has an cost, and its better used by journalists, activists etc, rather me to download shitty Hollywood movies.

Speaking just for me ofc. No judging

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tbf Tor needs benign traffic for the important stuff to hide in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

yeah true,

But in warez's context, if you host your tor's relay, and you pay for the bandwith, then an mass sharing have a cost. And you have to include the storage too, its not free.

Thats why my answer,
for me onionshare != rapidshare.

Not the same "business model" at all,

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ohh... I think that's fair. It might put on a lot of strain on the system. But yeah, I wonder if it is capable of taking it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think it can take the load, but not in an warez context.
Where u share the last wanted big AAA games on an forum, depend the storage and servers behind.

I would no test it ^^ I guess it can be like an DOS for them.