▲ 858 ▼ The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" while I was watching it (thelemmy.club) submitted 8 months ago by northernlights@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 168 comments fedilink hide all child comments (And I use "Free" loosely because I do pay for Prime Video, so it went from paid to much more expensive) Yaaarrh
[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Then don't use torrents. Leeching without seeding is literally how torrents die. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Caching a torrent isn't leeching. Like the other person said, it actually helps because it prevents multiple people from doing a hit and run. The torrent only needs to get cached once, and then everyone can just directly download that file, bypassing the torrent entirely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Caching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they're seeding that leech? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) There is no guarantee, because they're not seeding. There's one hit-and-run, then the torrent is cached on a server for anyone to directly download. Again, IMO one hit-and-run is still better than thousands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 point 8 months ago It's still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Caching a torrent isn't leeching. Like the other person said, it actually helps because it prevents multiple people from doing a hit and run. The torrent only needs to get cached once, and then everyone can just directly download that file, bypassing the torrent entirely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Caching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they're seeding that leech? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) There is no guarantee, because they're not seeding. There's one hit-and-run, then the torrent is cached on a server for anyone to directly download. Again, IMO one hit-and-run is still better than thousands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 point 8 months ago It's still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Caching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they're seeding that leech? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) There is no guarantee, because they're not seeding. There's one hit-and-run, then the torrent is cached on a server for anyone to directly download. Again, IMO one hit-and-run is still better than thousands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 point 8 months ago It's still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) There is no guarantee, because they're not seeding. There's one hit-and-run, then the torrent is cached on a server for anyone to directly download. Again, IMO one hit-and-run is still better than thousands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 point 8 months ago It's still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 point 8 months ago It's still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent. permalink fedilink source parent
