[return1]

Torrents were fast - they still are if you can use something like popcorn time.

What about upload speeds? They are universally awful - that's an impediment to decentralization and something that should change.

[megaman22]

The erosion of the torrent ecosystem over the past decade is a little sad. Although it's mostly because the legitimate services have been slowly taking the pants off their heads and making it more convenient to actually pay them for their content.

[return1]

i think it's because isps etc became way more aggressive on piracy. still the system is there, waiting for something like a youtube failure to pick up the speed.