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Comment by pmg1991

11 hours ago

Hoping no issues on Huggingface due to download rush.

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.

  • 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.

  • > 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.

I've had a steady 2 gigabits (my maxxed out ISP bandwidth) since I started the download at launch.

It’s going to get very little downloads just by virtue of size. Very few shops will be able to directly use it