> Model owners could disable or gate torrents the same way they gate the models, and HF could still measure traffic by .torrent downloads and magnet clicks.
replyBut that'll only stop a small part, anyone could share the infohash and if you're using the dht/magnet without .torrent files or clicks on a website, no one can count those downloads unless they too scrape the dht for peers who are reporting they've completed the download.
> unless they too scrape the dht for peers who are reporting they've completed the download.
replyWhich can be falsified. Head over to your favorite tracker and sort by completed downloads to see what I mean.
Right, but that's already happening today. That's the black-market point.
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