they either live in a regressive western nanny state (some US states, some Canadian states, UK, Australia) or China (IE are committing a crime by connecting to the 'free' internet, could be exposed by seeding long term)
Australia truly does not give a fuck about torrenting. I don't even use a VPN across three different ISPs with no issues. The closest I saw was that TPG had blocked nyaa.si so you couldn't access it directly but had to go through one of its mirrors
It's always people from western countries who love to proclaim that they're civilized and free that are so deathly afraid of cops coming after them for the silliest things.
From the seeder's perspective, seeding is just having the torrent app open after having finished downloading a file. When you download a torrent, you're able to download it because there are other people out there with that file who are also seeding it. The more available seeders, the easier it is for other people to download. So seeding is just passing it along to the next people that want to download it. In theory you could seed forever, and I think in practice it's considered good etiquette to at least keep seeding until your ratio hits 1.0, that is, if the torrent you downloaded was 1GB, you've seeded a total of 1GB to other users.
Or better: on qbittorrent you can bind it in the settings to the vpn. this stops any leaking, because it only can seed over the network interface of the vpn and stops when you disconnect/resumes when you reconnect.
Don't make sweeping statements like this on an intentional forum. It's outright dangerous and can have very serious consequences for people. In a lot of countries they either care a lot or have to care a lot by law. My ISP is constantly hyper vigilant about torrenting and not only will it immediately cancel my internet forever, it has to and will forward it and all evidence to the police. Torrenting carries up to 2 years in prison if you're over 15. Even if they get a fine and probation they won't ever have a security clearance job for the rest of their lives.
So before you make sweeping statements that can ruin other people's lives, consider the audience.
Unfortunately they do care these days, especially if you’re using something like the ACA to get more affordable internet. They’ll take away your ACA benefits and you’ll have to pay a fuckton. I know this because it almost happened to me before I got a VPN.
They’ve always cared about seeding. Not sure what regard juice OC has in his gas station vape, but seeding will absolutely get you fucked and kicked off of an ISP.
It will, but in my experience and research, only after the ISP has sent you a million letters warning you to not be an idiot. They dont really care, but they do have to follow the law.
The only reason you were able to torrent the thing is because someone else seeded it. Downloading and not seeding is known as "leeching" and ge really considered poor manners
Downloading pirated shit is dependent not only on your download speed, but also the upload speed on the other side.
Pirated shit is sometimes hosted by a big, well equipped, single individual but that makes it easy to shutdown. Torrenting is where pirated shit is hosted by other users, which is basically impossible to stop because you have to go after each hoster individually and ultimately the punishment will be a slap on the wrist. However, because these are just normal dudes on normal residential internet plans, the upload speed is gonna be slow as shit unless there are a lot of users hosting that resource.
It should be noted that torrenting/seeding doesn't have to be piracy. I've sometimes seem apps where the official website offers both a direct exe download as well as an option to torrent it
Typically the org/people behind them don't want to waste bandwidth on you downloading an iso because it costs money. It also isn't reliant on a third party hosting site like google or mega which is appealing to open source enthusiasts, which linux enjoyers are more likely to be.
The goverment itself uses piracy where i live and even in schools its literally common sense to just pirate something from the internet instead of paying for it
So i will never have a problem where someone will threaten me with a finr or something for pirating. I dont even use vpn while pirating most of the time
Ok, you guys. The reason behind your issues is that you're getting your stuff from public sites. What you need is a private tracker. These are safe and actually require seeding for an amount of time/ratio.
A true internet chad would leech from a public torrent, stops seeding as soon as they get the file and delete the torrent, then create and upload a safe torrent to private trackers and seeds them for as long as possible to help pirate homies safely get the file as well
LordVaderVader@reddit
When movie finishes downloading I delete torrent immediately, can't risk police on my back any second more.
Immortal_Merlin@reddit
In what hellish lands you live?
BackseatCowwatcher@reddit
they either live in a regressive western nanny state (some US states, some Canadian states, UK, Australia) or China (IE are committing a crime by connecting to the 'free' internet, could be exposed by seeding long term)
landartheconqueror@reddit
Canadian here, I've gotten emails from "pirate hunters" before for seeding torrents of game of throne (this is before VPNs were easily accessible)
tyler111762@reddit
those are unenforceable in canada BTW.
Terroractly@reddit
Australia truly does not give a fuck about torrenting. I don't even use a VPN across three different ISPs with no issues. The closest I saw was that TPG had blocked nyaa.si so you couldn't access it directly but had to go through one of its mirrors
TheSunIsOurEnemy@reddit
It's always people from western countries who love to proclaim that they're civilized and free that are so deathly afraid of cops coming after them for the silliest things.
fradddd@reddit
ya i basically have one option for internet in my home, not gonna risk losing that
6spd993@reddit
There's only hell for the likes of Anon.
WasteOfTimeAndEffort@reddit
Truly asking is not seeding a bad thing?
tyler111762@reddit
seed until your downloaded/uploaded ratio is positive. then by all means disconnect from the torrent.
BBtheboy@reddit
There is no reason not to, so yes
SgtKwan@reddit
I mean it does use up your upload speed which kind of matters if you have low upload speed
ckpwrson@reddit
idk i’m just paranoid that if i seed my torrents and then turn off my VPN my ISP is immediately going to assfuck me to oblivion
YWNBAW12345@reddit
ISP does not care about torrenting. They're the ones who receive the "complaint" from Le Poor Innocent Labels, and Movie/Game equivalents.
But you're fine anyway. Seed when connected to VPN. Pause seeds when disconnecting. Or split tunnel. Or just get a raspberry pi.
Male_Lead@reddit
does seeding ever stop? Or you just let it run? I dont know much about torrent
windowpuncher@reddit
Those parameters are set in your program settings.
Often times seeding is stopped after you hit an upload to download ratio of 2:1 by default.
fucccboii@reddit
you should seed the same as the torrent size
casualbrowser321@reddit
From the seeder's perspective, seeding is just having the torrent app open after having finished downloading a file. When you download a torrent, you're able to download it because there are other people out there with that file who are also seeding it. The more available seeders, the easier it is for other people to download. So seeding is just passing it along to the next people that want to download it. In theory you could seed forever, and I think in practice it's considered good etiquette to at least keep seeding until your ratio hits 1.0, that is, if the torrent you downloaded was 1GB, you've seeded a total of 1GB to other users.
_Mode7_@reddit
Or better: on qbittorrent you can bind it in the settings to the vpn. this stops any leaking, because it only can seed over the network interface of the vpn and stops when you disconnect/resumes when you reconnect.
windowpuncher@reddit
deluge my beloved
ShortTheseNuts@reddit
Don't make sweeping statements like this on an intentional forum. It's outright dangerous and can have very serious consequences for people. In a lot of countries they either care a lot or have to care a lot by law. My ISP is constantly hyper vigilant about torrenting and not only will it immediately cancel my internet forever, it has to and will forward it and all evidence to the police. Torrenting carries up to 2 years in prison if you're over 15. Even if they get a fine and probation they won't ever have a security clearance job for the rest of their lives.
So before you make sweeping statements that can ruin other people's lives, consider the audience.
HayashiAkira_ch@reddit
Unfortunately they do care these days, especially if you’re using something like the ACA to get more affordable internet. They’ll take away your ACA benefits and you’ll have to pay a fuckton. I know this because it almost happened to me before I got a VPN.
univrsll@reddit
They’ve always cared about seeding. Not sure what regard juice OC has in his gas station vape, but seeding will absolutely get you fucked and kicked off of an ISP.
etheran123@reddit
It will, but in my experience and research, only after the ISP has sent you a million letters warning you to not be an idiot. They dont really care, but they do have to follow the law.
616659@reddit
Yeah same, as much as I want to seed i can't risk myself getting caught because I don't want to stay on vpn all day long
butteryasstreflip@reddit
data caps
RedditPersonNo1987@reddit
there is literally a reason not to
BackseatCowwatcher@reddit
depends on where you are in the world-
there are places where your ISP will unilaterally cancel your internet if you're caught
there are places where your ISP is going to tell you to knock it off or be shut off first
there's places where your ISP isn't going to give a fuck so long as you aren't downloading blatantly criminal crap (IE CP)
figure out where your ISP stands, before you consider seeding for any amount of time.
knyexar@reddit
The only reason you were able to torrent the thing is because someone else seeded it. Downloading and not seeding is known as "leeching" and ge really considered poor manners
Tone-Serious@reddit
If there's less than a dozen seeders then I'll leave it up but no point if there's like 50 of them
bittercripple6969@reddit
Yes
DMofTheTomb@reddit
I don't get it
GoatRocketeer@reddit
Downloading pirated shit is dependent not only on your download speed, but also the upload speed on the other side.
Pirated shit is sometimes hosted by a big, well equipped, single individual but that makes it easy to shutdown. Torrenting is where pirated shit is hosted by other users, which is basically impossible to stop because you have to go after each hoster individually and ultimately the punishment will be a slap on the wrist. However, because these are just normal dudes on normal residential internet plans, the upload speed is gonna be slow as shit unless there are a lot of users hosting that resource.
Hosting pirated shit is known as seeding.
casualbrowser321@reddit
It should be noted that torrenting/seeding doesn't have to be piracy. I've sometimes seem apps where the official website offers both a direct exe download as well as an option to torrent it
Epikgamer332@reddit
I see this often with Linux distros, for whatever reason.
LennySMeme@reddit
Typically the org/people behind them don't want to waste bandwidth on you downloading an iso because it costs money. It also isn't reliant on a third party hosting site like google or mega which is appealing to open source enthusiasts, which linux enjoyers are more likely to be.
Walter_Padick@reddit
Person who pirates media does not care to share
Scarab_Kisser@reddit
I'm gonna seed double the amount, so anon decision is irrelevant
SpooderJockey@reddit
Dqueezy@reddit
JakeVonFurth@reddit
I see tower defense, I upvote.
ed_xyz@reddit
Probably because weebs are bad, mkay.
Deathgripsugar@reddit
EliGon666@reddit
JoshTheTrucker@reddit
WintersbaneGDX@reddit
home_rolled@reddit
Bowman_van_Oort@reddit
Absolutemehguy@reddit
MetallGecko@reddit
bigcig@reddit
blackwhale420@reddit
Average Manitoban
Soldierhero1@reddit
TomSaylek@reddit
There's something perfect about Eddys (the fuck did you say) look
zw1ck@reddit
Mallixx@reddit
mordecai14@reddit
real_picklejuice@reddit
Holy_Sword_of_Cum@reddit
The goverment itself uses piracy where i live and even in schools its literally common sense to just pirate something from the internet instead of paying for it
So i will never have a problem where someone will threaten me with a finr or something for pirating. I dont even use vpn while pirating most of the time
SuchTesla@reddit
Russia?
Holy_Sword_of_Cum@reddit
Good guess, but its turkey. The land of döner and goverment corruption.
SuchTesla@reddit
Well at least you have döner, we just have corruption here with no döner
notpornaccount_@reddit
Ok, you guys. The reason behind your issues is that you're getting your stuff from public sites. What you need is a private tracker. These are safe and actually require seeding for an amount of time/ratio.
Parsa79@reddit
A true internet chad would leech from a public torrent, stops seeding as soon as they get the file and delete the torrent, then create and upload a safe torrent to private trackers and seeds them for as long as possible to help pirate homies safely get the file as well
notpornaccount_@reddit
That is true. Quite a Chad.
ncopp@reddit
Be 16 year old me
CirrusVision20@reddit
This legit happened to me once. It scared me enough to have my delete all my torrents and I never pirated another game since (besides emulation).
shroomigator@reddit
If you have a fast wired connection you should be seeding
If you connect your laptop to the wifi in walmarts parking lot, you don't need to seed
Absolutemehguy@reddit
dirschau@reddit
Anon is saving all his seed for the jar
Pecheuer@reddit
With a my little pony
hallucination9000@reddit
I haven't torrented in a long time.
2ndRandom8675309@reddit
Anon not pictured because he's under the desk tonguing balls like a person who doesn't seed.
cloud12348@reddit
You at least seed the size of the download anon, many years of misfortune on your family.
ExoTheFlyingFish@reddit
I'm sure this means something.
gbuub@reddit
Seeding? Don’t mind if I do. *unzip
YF-29-Durandal@reddit
I hope Anon steps on Legos for hours on end.
TheToroRossoboi@reddit
Unlike most, i don't seed because i don't have enough storage to do so. (256GB SSD)
Deathgripsugar@reddit
There is always a need for seed!
fradddd@reddit
other people with their crazy undetectable setups, uploaders, and dummies who don’t realize what seeding is are good enough, i dont need to seed