Rapidshare
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- ukit0
The internet is about to get a lot less fun
- baseline_shift0
*patiently awaits the next easy way to share files.
- itsmitch0
Encrypted .zip or .rar files can't be checked by the file host. They'll have to trust it's legitimate content or just quit doing business.
- TheBlueOne0
Well there goes my $24.
- ha!baseline_shift
- Is that the quarterly or half year plan?ukit
- That was like 60 days or something...TheBlueOne
- In the olden days people were more discreet about such things.. Matter of taste I reckon
;)raf
- ukit0
If I were the CEO of Megaupload I'd be boarding a plane about now with a suitcase of money.
- Nairn0
Oops, ha ha! my link was completely buggered, wasn't it?
d'oh.
*reciprocates ukit's hat tip
- itsmitch0
I've got to admit, I feel a 1000 time more guilty getting a file off of thepiratebay or rapidshare than I do when a friend burns me a CD or sends me something through IM. I really shouldn't. It's the same thing. I had friends giving me copied tapes of music and taping movies off of HBO and passing them around when I was in elementary school. The music and movie industries are still around ... still rich.
- harlequino0
Like rats pouring out of a burning building, my jDownloader cue expands...
- lvl_130
how does rapidshare even make money? adspace? it just doesn't seem like that would ad up to much of anything.
- people sign up and pay $$ for their full set of sharing features.baseline_shift
- ukit0
^ You serious? They are the #17th most popular site in the world. With that level of traffic you will make money no matter what.
Also, they offer a subscription service, see TBO's comment above.
- harlequino0
I would imagine the gross from the subscriptions is pretty huge money given the usage and traffic.
- lvl_130
call me naive, but i had no idea rs was that popular :\
i missed the subscription bit of it.
please disregard my lack of knowledge.
- I think it's more popular in europe, no?TheBlueOne
- not sure. i personally get annoyed with rs and try to never use it.lvl_13
- PIITB0
those damn germans again.
