Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it*

• potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Stremio kind of sucks. You’re leeching a torrent you’ll never seed.

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  • PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I see where your coming from but not everyone has the space to seed a torrent. I think those that use stremio and understand torrenting will one day, if they have enough storage contribute to seeding. I’m running on 256gb here T-T

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Then don’t use torrents. Leeching without seeding is literally how torrents die.

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      • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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.

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  • 9bananas@feddit.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    not true, it does sort of the opposite:

    debrid services cache torrents in order to provide them at high speed to clients (that’s why they aren’t free: they need data storage).

    this is a good thing, because it means the swarm is only taxed once per file, instead of constantly by potentially hundreds of streamers.

    from stremio’s FAQs:

    How Debrid Services Work with Stremio

    Stremio itself is a media center application that aggregates content from various sources through add-ons. Debrid services enhance this experience by:

    1. Converting limited or slow hosting links into high-speed premium links
    2. Providing access to higher quality sources that might otherwise be unavailable
    3. Bypassing throttling and download limitations imposed by file hosts
    4. Offering cached torrents for instant streaming without waiting for peers

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So you’re telling me that they’re offering a paid service for free. That makes me trust and want to use it even less.

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      • 9bananas@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        use or don’t; who cares?

        just don’t spread lies…

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      • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Stremio is free, the service you need to cache the torrents (Real-Debrid) isn’t. It’s about $/€3 per month, which is still cheaper than a VPN (which you need for torrents but not for Stremio/Debrid).

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