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by aspenmayer 561 days ago
Were these payments for access or donations?
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They were styled as "donations" towards the running costs. In exchange people got to boost their upload/download ratio in their favor, or get a fancy star next to their name, etc.

While the bulletproof hosting we had wasn't cheap, we were still making an enormous profit.

Any articles or inside writing from the industry you know of? I realize it’s illegal, but it’s still fascinating!