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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Caching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they’re seeding that leech?

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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      • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent.

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