I don’t have a lot of HDD space so I only seed torrents that I download to ratio of 2. Recently I discovered Stremio and torrentio add on. It is nice and l like the simplicity, but isnt it only leeching? I couldn’t find anything in settings that would enable seeding. If it is only leeching idk if I want to use it.

  • funkajunk
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    911 months ago

    Yes, Real Debrid (RD) functions as a leech. However, in essence, RD typically only needs to leech once for widely sought-after content, storing it in a cache for quick access by any RD user.

    In the worst case, RD may need to acquire less popular content through a few hit-and-run instances. RD actually contributes to minimizing leeching - if each RD user torrented independently on public trackers without seeding, the situation would be more problematic.

    • @Cossty@lemmy.worldOP
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      411 months ago

      I guess I will just stick to good old “Download in sequential order” and watching it in vlc while it is downloading.

    • @Cossty@lemmy.worldOP
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      711 months ago

      Unless your upload speed is really big, you wont get any meaningful ratio if you are only seeding while watching the movie(in reasonable quality).

  • @sabaku_no_gaara
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    111 months ago

    I like it because of the convience but yeah it is basically leeching. At the same time, you can only watch stuff on-the-fly when it is seeded healthily say like 70+ seeders. So using stremio doesn’t really hurt anyone ig

  • Rikj000
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    11 months ago

    Pair it with a Real-Debrid subscription,
    then it’s not leeching,
    and with premium speeds ;)