Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar View Post
Reading some random comments from around the net, there are people that didn't like them. Which is just bewildering to me, like what expectations do people have for a completely free host? Some countries banned Zippyshare, but that's not Zippyshare's fault.
Reasons people didn't like them:
*Split files. Pretty small splits too.
*Blocked in some countries (you kinda mentioned that). People in this situation would need to use VPN to get around the block, which can be a huge pain in the arse if you don't have VPN subscription because of the above mentioned small splits. Imagine trying to download a large (or even reasonably sized) PS4 game by using Opera browser free VPN, one link at a time

*also, zippy links would sometimes stop working via JD2. The plugin needed to be updated. It has happened a few times over the years and happened again quite recently (dunno if JD team fixed it yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't bother now).



People bitch about 1fichier having wait times between downloads (and sometimes during a large single download) if you grab a large amount of data, but the links work fine via JD2 and resume is supported. So you just load everything up and let it dl when it's allowed to. Download speed for this host has always been faster than zippy, for me anyway. Also, anonymous upload of a single file up to 300GB size. Files can be removed after 15 days of inactivity if you upload anonymously though. It is blocked in some places, but at least you aren't reduced to trying to download like 100 small files via VPN just to get one game