edit 2: thank you to everyone who replied.

edit: What type of leechers are acceptable and what kind are not acceptable according to you?

It’s amazing how much I need others to validate my actions. I wish I could live guilt free without this. But, I can’t, so here I am. Good people of lemmy, judge me

I don’t have a lot of internet. I get like 1.5 GB of internet a dafy and it’s 4G, not truly 4g, more like 0.2 mbps to 4mbps at max and I don’t seed after I am done downloading my torrents. If I had greater amounts of Data, like limitless data or something like 2000GBs per month or something, I would constantly be seeding, but I don’t. Are my actions morally justifiable? I feel guilty when that last seeder seeds me all I need and when someone needs another seeder, I turn off my seeding :(

I mean, I don’t want to do it, but with the data I have, I can’t afford to seed much, what should I do?

I might take some time to reply to you, I ain’t abandoning the thread btw, is https://sh.itjust.works/ down? Just asking, I could not access it today

PS: I seed books and stuff like that. I mean, they are only like 1 or 2 mbs and I seed em when no one else is. But you know other stuff like extra legal videos series, soap operas etc etc are beyond me

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    for every person who leeches on mobile data and can’t afford to seed, there’s someone who has a freakishly powerful rig that seeds like 17 different torrents 24 hours a day. if you can’t afford to seed, don’t worry about it, because people who can afford to seed often do. things balance out in the end

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      I don’t have a seed box but I constantly seed a few hundred torrents on my 1 Gbps connection. Many of them I’ve been seeding for over ten years. I couldn’t care less about people like OP. Everyone should just do the best they can. If the best you can do is leech, that’s okay with me.

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        Everyone should just do the best they can.

        That’s the key to most of everyday life. Just do your best.

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      I leeched when I was on limited bandwidth now I am the sole peer for about a dozen hard to find torrents. Balance in all things.

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    Leachers are a fact of life. It’s not praiseworthy, but it’s not damning.

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    Most people don’t usually torrent on mobile data, and if they do it’s understandable that they can’t be expected to give back. It’s fine, maybe in the future when you get broadband you can start seeding back.

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    Don’t worry about it. On the other side of the spectrum are people who use seed boxes which are literally seeding machines. I’m currently seeding 27 torrents 24/7. I occasionally go through and delete old ones with a good ratio (2+) and plenty of seeders. I was in a place similar to you once and I appreciated those who could seed. Now I’m trying to give back.

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      500 torrent seeder here. I was a leecher back then, but now I have the bandwidth capacity and the Internet speed to do much more than before. I don’t mind the leechers, they are part of the ecosystem.

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      This might sound funny but I am serious. Thank you for your service. Like, not parallel to marines, but sure as hell you are a force for good :') In a few years, I will share the burden :)

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      weak, i have 5 torrents with a ratio over 1000, 334 TB seeded in total.

      at this point i just do it because it’s fun to have big numbers

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    Dude, from a much more privileged place, please, enjoy your movies and bring yourself all the happy moments you can get.

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    I used to be a leacher, even when I had a broadband connection. I never really knew why seeding was important. Now, I try to match the data I have uploaded, at least, if not more. Like, of I download a 50gb of something. I seed at least 50gb before I remove it.

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    I wouldn’t worry about it, not everyone can have good Internet. You’re doing what you can and that’s okay.

    Some people like to rent a seedbox because of this, that way they can download and upload torrents very quickly, especially on private trackers.

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        Nothing is perfectly safe but the least risk would be not torrenting and paying for Usenet binaries (or sharing drives with friends?)

        As far as torrenting goes, reducing your risk is probably best done with a VPN but I wouldn’t know who’s really trustworthy (surely it’s in the megathread though?) - won’t be free, though.

        Lechers aren’t all bad, you’re still contributing while it’s active. When you’re situation changes, it sounds like you’re behaviour will, so live and let live, cuz…

        (I’m fairness, my wife is a leech and I’m not, but it depends on who gets to deluge first…)

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    Seed > Leech > Disconnected. You’re still providing redundancy for the torrent, but it would be better to seed obviously.

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      and I am Indian. We mak up wards as we goo ;)

      edit: I am making fun of my own kind. It’s a joke, I am not justifying bad spelling and everything. You know American English and UK English differs sometimes in spelling and pronunciation, I was like, yeah, I can call something Indian English and pronounce Cat as Dog, if for nothing else just to piss people off. Again, we must have a language we all agree on to communicate with and this was just a freaking joke, and I resent for having to explain it.

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      edit: I am making fun of my own kind. It’s a joke, I am not justifying bad spelling and everything. You know American English and UK English differs sometimes in spelling and pronunciation, I was like, yeah, I can call something Indian English and pronounce Cat as Dog, if for nothing else just to piss people off. Again, we must have a language we all agree on to communicate with and this was just a freaking joke, and I resent for having to explain it.

      see the edit and I did correct it.

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    I don’t think you’re a bad person but you wouldn’t be welcome amongst my torrent communities.