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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No it's like bittorrent downloads, if you look at it it goes slower!

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For me it goes faster for some reason when I look at it but gets slower when I look away

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

The magic packet fairies are no different than us. Move the data when the boss is looking, and have some fun when they walk away.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Probably the OS saying "nuh uh, if you don't have the window focused then i'il cap his download speed"