(And I use “Free” loosely because I do pay for Prime Video, so it went from paid to much more expensive)

Yaaarrh

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The problem with Stremio is that it relies on torrents, but only caches the content you’re watching. Essentially, it puts you into a permanent leecher mode, and rarely contributes any meaningful seeding because the content is deleted shortly after you’re done watching it.

    Stremio users are the libertarians of the piracy world. They’re staunchly independent, but also completely reliant on the infrastructure that seeders have set up and maintain. They want all of their content available conveniently, without actually putting in any of the “pay it forward” work that piracy relies on to stay healthy.

    Essentially, if everyone used Stremio, nobody would be able to use Stremio. Stremio is only possible because of the people who actually seed.

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      Hear, hear. If you leech without seeding you are essentially killing the torrent.

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        I’d argue that you’re not really hurting the torrent, since most torrents are already pre-cached. It only needs to be cached once for thousands to enjoy the file.

        Yeah it’s not ideal, but one hit and run isn’t going to make a dent in the grand scheme of things.