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someguyornotidktoday at 8:22 AM2 repliesview on HN

For huge models like these, the only reasonable way to host them is via torrents. I don't understand why hf doesn't offer this as an option.

Linux distributions got this right: Offer both HTTP and Torrents. Let the user decide.


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kingstnaptoday at 11:23 AM

I believe they don't do torrents because it gives them a lot more control.

Like they can takedown or update downloads and they can prevent someone from trivially bypassing the license agreements you need to accept for some models.

pmdrtoday at 11:10 AM

> Let the user decide.

Perhaps that's exactly what they're trying to avoid, giving the user any form of control and having them depend on HF.