• chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 years ago

    worst that could happen is your ISP gets pissed, especially if you only download things rather than seeding them (i.e. sharing them with everyone else). to avoid that only use a torrent client with a VPN, something you should probably just have anyways.

    it’s really quite easy. use qbittorrent, it has a feature where it can search many popular torrent sites/trackers instead of having to search each site individually. unless you know any better never open a .exe file downloaded from a torrent.

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      3 years ago

      I only access lemmygrad with my vpn on so it was on.

      I just downloaded Spider man homecoming from rarbg. (I know it’s propaganda but I like Zendaya). It worked fine, but it did say “seeding” at the end. I’ll try qbittorrent next time

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        Seed your torrents til they hit a “ratio” (how much you’ve downloaded to how much you’ve shared to other people) of at least 1, fuck the copyright cops, practice actually existing digital communism

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        3 years ago

        if you seed like one thing, or each thing for like just a moment then it’s no big deal. whenever the torrent is finished, just delete it from your list of downloading torrents and you’ll be fine.

        enjoy your free movie! unfortunately i have hundreds of gigabytes of free films/TV but no time to watch any of it haha

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          if you seed like one thing, or each thing for like just a moment then it’s no big deal. whenever the torrent is finished, just delete it from your list of downloading torrents and you’ll be fine

          Greedy! Seed your torrents as long as you can!

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            i mean i appreciate all the seeders out there but i’ve been burned too many times to bother. it’s also incredibly inconvenient to keep files in the same place and with the same horrible naming conventions

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        3 years ago

        Seeding is the best part of torrenting. I love seeing that other people have downloaded my favorite pieces of media (and stuff I had to wait MONTHS to finish downloading) from me. It’s like, what’s mine is yours my friend <3