Eli5: Why does downloading files take so long, but copying and pasting them on the same device takes seconds?

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Eli5: Why does downloading files take so long, but copying and pasting them on the same device takes seconds?

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At the bare basics, you *are* just copying from one hard drive to another. Just one very far away. You are limited by your internet connection, and the far away hard drive’s connection to the same internet.

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