Agrred. Its such a shame, we definately took the wrong road. The big dude from Mega has mentioned the idea of a p2p based internets, aiming to get back to the old pre normie spirit of things, which was basically 'human-orientated' rather than 'profit oriented'
"Even if you'd claim to work non profit, getting money changes shift from fan project to business" I agree totally. In fact, it is one of the major shifts in the last 10 years or so. Pre Smartphone (Pre Normie Invasion) the internets were filled with lamazing blogs and sites from what we'd term 'hobbyists' now if you search for anything that interests you, you get links to thousands upon thousands of young 'entrepreneurs' who are looking for clicks.
You know there have been many times donate & co has been suggested and the reason to refuse will always be the same. Even if you'd claim to work non profit, getting money changes shift from fan project to business and you'll get unwanted attention. Further to use that money for storage reasons - up till now AT only does link to other sites. Hosting them yourself also gets you unwanted attention.
Comment in Feedback 17/02/2019 16:44 * — Anonymous: "Hannah Martin"
I think it was really slow at the time since it seems that it's already finished downloading on the server, but the file upload take 3 hours to finish Sorry for the false-alarm
I don't intend to discriminate or be selective about content (or at least, try not to), so that wouldn't really fit in with AT's goals (it may make more sense for someone else to attempt this). But even if that were to occur, there's still the question of where you get 'long-term storage'.
A number of these services offer "premium" accounts, which you subscribe to for a periodic fee. Some offer a "lifetime" subscription, which basically means that, for a one-time payment, you stay premium as long as the service stays alive (or they decide to ditch you). Typically this one-time payment is somewhat high to offset the fact that you're no longer paying monthly/yearly fees.
Claiming 'unlimited' is very misleading indeed, though I knew that before I started this. This is why I had never attempted to try keeping links alive over the long term before - it's simply not feasible.
Uploading to 1Fichier only really worked because we were taking advantage of what they offered. To be quite honest, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it has, and how reliable it has been (you may not have seen it as reliable, but considering what it is, I'd have to say it's worked quite well).
This only affects the "Direct" links which show up on older files for logged in users. This was aimed to mitigate the fact that most download links here die after a while, by providing a long lasting download option.
Almost 2 years ago that same guy (from your link) wrote a post showing 1fichier's lying ways. Somebody else showed the handwriting on the wall in that same thread:
It's a blatant shady lie to change the rules about "unlimited" plans after taking customers' money. Then 1F beats around the bush about the ACTUAL limit they expect UNLIMITED customers to stick to. Nasty, scheming, lying fuckers.
If you mean to buy storage for an archive, it's a loser's game to commit to expenses and hope for donations or be stuck with the bills, year after year.
You need to get a discreet little 'donate' button dude, run a money bomb campaign or something, this site is one of the best anime sites, ever.. No joke.
I know most site users wouldn't even notice a fund raiding campaign, but hey, it might be worth a try
P.S: I think it's not only that link, since on first page some of the list doesn't have other FH in preview either, haven't really checked them since the linked one is the one I needed right now
Sad indeed, since your direct links were forming the kind of valuable public file archive that torrents can never really hope to be. Still, the system was always going to be either dependent on the whims of a third party or impossibly expensive to maintain, so I can only give that tight-lipped, teary-eyed, ultra-manly salute given by sea captains in movies as their vessels sink to the briny depths of the watery blue, and thank you sincerely for your efforts.
Really sad, but it was a matter of time I suppose. I hope than a viable alternative can be found but in the end, we have to adapt to this. Thanks anyway for your work AnimeTosho!
1Fichier has dropped their "cold storage" limit to 2TB. The majority of our files (for "Direct" links) are rarely accessed, so sit in cold storage. As I put around 20TB of files per account, this means that roughly 90% of files will be deleted once 1Fichier does their purge, which will happen in a few days.
I've had a look at options, but I don't think I can really continue providing Direct links under these conditions. I'm thinking of removing limits around Direct links for the next few days until the files are removed, since the whole system will likely die. A few of the accounts need renewing, but I'm probably not going to bother doing this any more, just to keep 10% of files alive.
Unfortunate, but not particularly surprising - I don't see any practical way to keep DDL links alive over the long term.
If you're wondering why, the server here does employ server-side caching of some pages, so the About page would've been served from cache rather than via the gateway, avoiding the broken gateway.
Thanks for the suggestion. Setting up a Tor hidden service does have its uses, but I don't see a pressing need for it at the moment. Unfortunately, it wouldn't solve 502 errors.
AT is current accessible via Tor, for those that need it, just via an exit node rather than a hidden service.
It doesn't do this any more. Maybe the search index barfed itself (I've seen this happen, but don't know why). The index is fully rebuilt once a day, so it usually does resolve itself.
Unfortunately, a hard problem to track down though :/
Thanks for letting me know, but I highly doubt that's the case - AT usually gets a bunch of bots crawling it, and they're usually throttled if they get too aggressive. The cause is likely some bug in the setup somewhere.
18/02/2019 12:05 — Anonymous