Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it*
potustheplant@feddit.nl 3 hours agoCaching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they’re seeding that leech?
Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it*
potustheplant@feddit.nl 3 hours agoCaching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they’re seeding that leech?
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 hours 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.