A few months ago I grabbed this torrent from rarbg, and it took weeks to download. Often going days with no seeders.
I finally got it, and decided I’d seed beyond my usual 2x to help others get this. Then rarbg went under, and now I think I’ll just keep this one going.
Paying for piracy is stupid
Seems pretty on-brand to me, considering what the general consensus of pirates has always been: it’s not about unwillingness to pay, it’s about unwillingness to deal with bullshit.
How can I simultaneously agree with you and the other person?
Cognitive dissonance baby! And I’m right there with you.
Correct. And paying is bullshit.
Disagree. I use a paid streaming service that’s every bit as convenient as Netflix, but has a library consisting of almost anything you could possibly think of. No need to hope somebody’s seeding it, or go searching through dozens of different sites. It’s one super easy go-to source that not only has the content, but remembers where you left off, allows user profiles, etc. That convenience is worth paying for.
Unless it was something really obscure I never had problems finding seeders.
I use the search engine function inside qBitTorrent and I sort the results descending by the number of seeders. To enable it go to View > Search Engine (iirc) and follow these simple instructions.
qBitTorrent also has a feature that lets you download a torrent in order of their pieces, and also download the first and last piece first, which is basically streaming. No need to wait for the download to finish first.
If needed, VLC has a built-in plugin called VLsub which lets you find and automatically load subtitles for almost anything. To enable it go to View > VLSub.
qBitTorrent + VLC is my Netflix. Never asked me a cent, but to me they are priceless and more convenient than any subscription service.
On Android I use LibreTorrent + VLC.
Worth it for the Gbps download speeds. I can download two 50+ GB titles, install them, decide I don’t like them, and uninstall 'em, all in under an hour.
Not to mention that you need a VPN for torrent clients (and not Debrid), so at the end of the day, you’re paying for piracy regardless. So it makes sense to just go with the cheaper and faster option.
I’m from eastern europe. VPN is not required here because the law doesn’t care about online piracy. A VPN only slows down my internet speed.
I’m from Western Europe and they don’t care about online piracy either. Only some countries are problematic, like France I think, with that Hadopi thing.