Comment by someguyornotidk
11 hours ago
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.