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Why I Would Never Seed a Torrent (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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In the world of file sharing, BitTorrent has long been hailed as the go-to protocol for its efficient initial distribution capabilities. However, when it comes to maintaining availability and ensuring the longevity of shared files, BitTorrent falls short. There are several alternative platforms that make it much easier to share files, allowing the seeder to reorganize the files to their hearts' content without losing the ability to keep seeding to a torrent. Fopnu, eMule, DC++, and Nicotine+ are some of the better alternatives that make sharing a breeze.

Where is the True Successor to Emule

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[-] SIGSEGV@waveform.social 57 points 1 year ago

Wow, what a cunt.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 18 points 1 year ago

However, when it comes to maintaining availability and ensuring the longevity of shared files, BitTorrent falls short.

And

Why I Would Never Seed a Torrent

I wonder if there's a correlation!

[-] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Private trackers usually have very healthy torrents :)

[-] webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

So who maintains these alternatives? A centralized server?

[-] br0da@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I’m assuming you’ve never been a member of a private tracker then? They would boot you off in a heartbeat. And after this post, no one is going to want to send you an invite.

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I seed 160 TB, but not over BitTorrent. I certainly don't need access to private trackers to find what I want, and I have even less interest in contributing to them since I think they are elitist. Information shouldn't be hidden behind an invitation. That's no better than a subscription or paywall in my book.

[-] mike901@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I agree information shouldn't be behind an invitation, but it does solve 3 important things:

Keeps the law out of your hair
Seed requirements ensure torrents stay alive
Incentivizes strict quality control and uploading new content

I can't tell you the number of times I've downloaded something from a public source and it's been crap quality, or isn't even the thing I wanted to download. Sometimes the file is fine but it takes 3 weeks to download because it has one seeder with a 10kbps upload rate. That's a big "if" on if I can find it at all if it's something more obscure.

Until someone solves those 3 issues in another way, I don't see a better solution.

[-] supervent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

out of curiosity, which network do you use to seed?

[-] InternetPirate@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[-] jo1gi@lemmy.fmhy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

You can just use hardlinks

[-] TornadoValley@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

What’s the best current eMule client? Can cosign dc++ and Soulseek/nicotine those are my main sources these days rarely torrent

[-] supervent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I use mldonkey 3.1.7 for ed2k/kad and bittorrent, in the past I have used dc++ for a short time, but I prefer the idea of ed2k/kad.

[-] xoggy@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

While I find it annoying that I can't rename files and think that could have easily been avoided in the original bittorrent design, it's not too inconvenient to just copy the files and leave the originals in a "seed" folder.

[-] EveryoneLovesSausage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

You can rename through the client but it would be nice if the clients could also use a hash, then when it detects a file is missing it could just scan the dir for a matching file automatically.