Timboli: I think you are over simplifying what I mean by deliberate.
The root cause is likely the CDN, but it was GOG's choice to change to that CDN.
So the CDN is likely deliberately slowing my download speed, and GOG are letting them.
I am currently downloading one Baldur's Gate 3 file (part 4) with the Edge browser, getting around 24 MBytes/sec.
If it was deliberate by the CDN to slow it down, why are they doing it only to you, but not me?
And what would the motive of the CDN be to deliberately slow it down for you? Just to spite you?
Timboli: The fact that someone can change their seeming location via VPN and not get a limited download speed, speaks volumes.
Speaks volumes of what? Again, what would be their motive? Think logically.
Timboli: Why GOG are doing it, who knows really. But you and I have both speculated it could be due to finances.
GOG choosing to use certain CDN because it gives them maybe a more affordable plan than someone else is still not in my eyes "deliberately" trying to slow down every GOG browser user's download speeds.
Timboli: It could also be targeting those who don't use Galaxy (or don't use a similar multi-thread program).
I could buy the argument that they are paying more money on Galaxy's CDNs, but I am unsure about that as someone claimed (I think in the lgogdownloader thread) that Galaxy uses Fastly too, so I am unsure right now whether the Galaxy and browser use different CDNs, or not.
As I said, I do get considerably better download speeds with Galaxy (up to 70 MBytes/sec for offline installers, compared to 20-34 with a browser), but if they use the same CDNs, maybe it is then only that Galaxy downloads more efficiently, using several threads etc. Not sure.
Be as it may, I still don't believe that e.g. you getting only 1MBytes/sec download speeds, or some others getting only 400kB/sec, is deliberate by either GOG or Fastly. As in that they are trying their best to make sure you don't get any better download speeds but those are the maximums they want you to be able to download your games with a browser.
But then, for some reason, they let me download with 20-34 MBytes/sec with a browser. Maybe they consider me as their VIP customer or something? :D
Timboli: It's definitely not due to something I did, and I even doubled my ISP bandwidth about 6 months ago, with no benefit to my GOG download speeds, no change at all. That's says it is a specific speed limit, not percentage based.
So it is without a doubt, deliberate ... for reasons unknown at this stage. The only fluctuation is between that slow speed and even slower, sometimes much slower.
No it is not deliberate "without a doubt". It could be a configuration/routing error by either GOG or Fastly that happens to affect you, or bad luck with an overburdened download server. Or, even your ISP having some routing/configuration error that didn't affect the earlier CDN that GOG used "before the crash", but affects the current one.
I don't consider routing and configuration errors as "deliberate". I gave you an example from my work where one client saw much worse transfer (upload) speeds from one of their servers compared to another, and it was not deliberate either, but rather certain cumulative changes in the network that happened to affect them that way. It is still unfixed because the fix means changing the network topology quite a bit, and the change can be quite risky too.
