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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This seems to happen alot. I always wondered if it is really a peer or some weird spoofed peer that just tries to give you hope before crushing your dreams.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Most likely it's someone who has a VPN that doesn't support P2P upload or has their config messed up.