Does anyone actually pay for hotfile or rapidshare?

[fr0stbyte]

JDownloader can do all the waiting and clicking for you, and it costs nothing.

http://jdownloader.org/

Hourly limits hinder my enjoyment of free downloads. Not my thing.

 

[shotgun]

I have a premium membership in RS. I purchased a 30 day membership about 3 years ago and have never had to purchase a membership again because of the points I earn from sharing files with others. Every 30 days, I extend my membership for another 30 days and it does not cost me one centavo. It is easily one of the best investments I have ever made.

I use Orbit to download and I can download 1GB in 15 minutes.

 

[jakibermejo]

i used to buy them before.
i created a free account for rapidshare & megaupload then uploaded my files there for downloading.
then i got points. those i need to buy free premium accounts

 

[NamiXxX]

Yeah I pay for Rapidshare, have a prem. until 2011...

 

[kagami hawke]

I never saw the point in paying for them. I just use free stuff like mediafire.

 

[DevilXdevil]

yes i pay every month for rapidshare,hotfile and megaupload and its worth it since i can download everything i need and upload tons of stuff that i dont share

 

[eragon2890]

No, I don't for any of them

I always use megaupload links because I found out that speed is always unlimited there, and with free account, you only have to wait 25 seconds before your download starts. I once downloaded al 10 200 mb eps right after each other without hitting on a download limit.

In other words, their "limits" are so insanely lenient you can just ignore them

 

[fr0stbyte]

I got money to spare so I won't bother staring at the screen looking the ticking clock to disappear. That's what you get when you actually have a job.

 

[eragon2890]

I got money to spare so I won't bother staring at the screen looking the ticking clock to disappear. That's what you get when you actually have a job.

I don't bother with it either. I installed skipscreen extension for firefox. Which means that you don't have to wait at megaupload (or the others) before you can start downloading. For free! ^^

 

[robokai]

I bought a rapidshare account a while ago then started uploading enough stuff to extend the account for a long time, then I bought a hotfile account because I thought $55 for a year was a pretty good deal. As a added bonus your hotfile pays for it's self eventually if you upload a lot of stuff like I do.

 

[jc1762]

I was just reading this and I have rules so there's no way I'm dishing out cash for rapidshare or megaupload. But from what I read here, I see three options...I'm ranking them from top to bottom.

1. Uploading crap to earn a premium account - if so, which site would be the most recommended
2. Get skipscreen for firefox
3. Use jdownloader

 

[fr0stbyte]

That's the problem with uploaders who try to earn points.. They just upload shitloads of stuff without checking if the video's already been uploaded.. You end up with 5-10 RS,HF uploads of the same damn video. That's not really ideal IMO. Even if I had the capability of uploading huge files to those hosting sites, I wouldn't want other people to download shitty stuff from me.. But what can I do? Many of us are too fucked up to even listen.

:notagain:

 

[jc1762]

That was a completely gratuitous comment... but nonetheless...

Are my options correct?

 

[sidhi]

I have premium RS and MU.... so I don't need to go to movies anymore

 

[Skyraida]

I pay for my HF and MU. Used to for RS but it's not as popular anymore. It's worth the money depending on how much you download and whether or not you have the patiences. I do about 1tb a month so waiting for torrents would devestate me. Oh my naive days when i used torrents :-/

 

[fr0stbyte]

Just get skipscreen for FF. That or upload content to earn premiums.. Not really an option for RS 'cause they changed their policies recently.

 

[alison]

I actually pay for Rapidshare and Megavideo, there worth it to me.

 

[Skogenx]

but if I buy once in a while when I have many good things to download haha

 

[cattz]

Most of the members got it through making free users suffer with sets of 30++ 100mb files uploaded to each service..

Go through the rapidshare thread around here, it's the same, they'll still deny it, but it's the truth, the services are awful but people use them to try and get a premium membership..

The modern day "internet pyramid scam"

 

[mister_playboy]

Since hosters typically don't allow uploads to be resumed when they break, splitting files can very important for people with spotty connections and/or slow interent. The connection at my old apartment tended to drop for a split second every half hour or so... that didn't bother my torrents, but it would stop a hoster down/upload dead every time. :notagain: I had to split my files up because I had very little chance of uploading the whole thing in one piece successfully.

Getting points is still the main reason people do it, of course. That's why we have JDownloader... iripi: