@nightMare - they are paying me for over a 2 years now
so I dont believe they are going anywhere as far as that is concerned
(never say never but it goes for any hoster)

and about shaving downloads I believe every filehoster does that (at least from time to time) but how can I or anyone prove that (?) so my philosophy is - work with more than two hosters at the same time (or dont put all eggs in one basket) and work with every of those as long as you are satisfied with ratio between work invested / money earned (that goes individualy)

and dont be bothered with things you can not change - the only thing in your power is - work on file hoster or dont

now with that being said - under that phylosophy I say Filefactory is decent file hoster (not good not the best) but they can be much better
not with current people working there because (my experience) when they come up with some new idea it is usualy stupid one and makes more and more full time uploaders (which I am not) go away in search for a better deal