[GLLUG] Broadband/cable provider [OT]

[Nix]

On 7 Mar 2013, Matthew Walster said:

> On 7 March 2013 21:24, Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> How mass-market is the Humble Indie Bundle? They make millions every
>> time they launch a new bundle, which suggests it's not insignificant --
>> and everything they provide is BitTorrentable.
>
> I was not aware of that. If they make millions, though, you'd have thought
> they'd have hosted it on S3 or something ;)

Nah. They're in a sweet spot for BitTorrent: they do periodic releases
and then, after a certain time, stop selling those releases forever.
Thus, there is a period when lots of people want whateveritis, and then
nobody wants it at all. Perfect for peer-to-peer file transfer.

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