northernlights@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoThe show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" while I was watching itlemmy.todayimagemessage-square175linkfedilinkarrow-up1864arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1857arrow-down1imageThe show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" while I was watching itlemmy.todaynorthernlights@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square175linkfedilinkfile-text
(And I use “Free” loosely because I do pay for Prime Video, so it went from paid to much more expensive) Yaaarrh
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoCaching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they’re seeding that leech?
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThere 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.
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIt’s still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent.
Caching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they’re seeding that leech?
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.
It’s still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent.