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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.

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[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.world 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 7 points 10 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@monyet.cc 1 points 10 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@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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