Rapidshare finally decided to get rid of the Captcha images that were displayed to non-registered users who tried to download a file from the file hoster. Many users had problems to identify the correct characters that were shown in the Captcha to proceed with the file download. The reason for the change of heart is unknown but maybe it was the user protests that made them change their minds.
This makes Rapidshare easier to use for free users. On the downside the maximum file transfer speed has been reduced to 500 Kilobit, yes that’s bit not byte, which usually means longer download times.
Premium users still face the 10 Gigabytes per day limit but unused bandwidth is carried over to the next day up to a maximum of 50 Gigabytes.
Getting rid of the captchas was definitely the right move to unclutter the website and reduce the amount of complaints about the service. The speed limit won’t really affect many users. Power users will use Premium accounts and everyone else will have the patience to wait for the downloads to finish anyway.
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I completely disagree with you. For free users they guaranteed a respectful 200/250 KByte/s, now they offer only 60 KByte/s and that is a great backward step. I’d prefer to spend few seconds with the captchas and download 4x faster.
And yes, the speed limit will affect the vast majority of rapidshare users.
BAD BAD BAD news. Terrible speeds now for free users. All the fault of retards who can’t differentiate cats and dogs FFS/
CONGRATS RETARDS!!
No wonder my downloads stuck at 60-70KBps. I thought it was my line.
Erm, you missed one thing, there is no limitation on free user, meaning there is no waiting time after each download.
I rather have the captchas because the speed was amazing now its just a little bit faster than megaupload..
well, all good things must come to an end
Because of the retards who can’t figure out what a cat and a dog looks like, WE have to suffer the consequences. Dear tards, please do not use the internet
thank you
Maybe retards will stop uploading to rapidshit and stop complaining of other retards and use a more respectable file less tarded hosting service.
All because these retards choose to upload to rapidshit we have to suffer the consequences.
I TOTALY DISAGREE!
Speed was the main reason for using rapidshare. I used to download with 250 KBytes/s, and now it is crap! So slow, I will never use rapidshare again! Thats idiotic!
Today I’ve downloaded from rapidshare (free user) at around 200 KBytes/s. Till yesterday it was max. 80 KBytes/s
So THATS why.. Because of dumbfucks who don’t know what a cat looks like, I keep getting download errors when getting stuff from rapidshit now, and the speeds suck..
The internet would be a better place without these wastes of human brains.
Stop whining and get a premium account then b1thces! Never had a problem in 4 years!
Tight arses, the amount you illegally download far outweighs the SMALL amount for an account – or you can upload and get them for free. – no wait, not download limit.
Suckers