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> if only they could make a small donation to every website they liked - but that doesn't work because people are fundamentally too selfish. Hear hear, this is
by diggan 3y ago
> if only they could make a small donation to every website they liked - but that doesn't work because people are fundamentally too selfish.
Hear hear, this is exactly why bittorrent trackers is just a fad that will disappear as quickly as it appeared. What, are people supposed to just share data freely without getting paid for it? Good luck I tell them, it's impossible because every single person is just too selfish.
- ThrowawayTestr 3y agoNot seeding a torrent requires more effort than seeding, it's also basically free.
- opengears 3y agoThis argument does not take bandwidth into account. If the goal is to download a lot of different files, you will be effectively limiting your download with keeping (especially very popular) torrents seeded. I stand corrected if somebody could please disprove me.
- master-lincoln 3y agoIsn't bandwidth up- and download independent usually, so seeding (uploading) would not affect your downloads?
- ThrowawayTestr 3y agoAs the other commenter said, upload and download speeds are separate. And if you mean data caps, most internet connections have "unlimited" bandwidth unless you're torrenting off your phone.
- ikrenji 3y agotorrents are viable with a few dozen seeders. you can't build a business on a few dozen 1$ donations
- SkyBelow 3y agoIsn't this why many groups look at how much one uploaded and you can get lower priority or lose access if you don't seed enough?