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

    • nik282000@lemmy.ml
      21·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • BananaPeal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • Anon819450514@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      2 years ago

      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

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      2 years ago

      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 :)

  • JTode@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 years ago

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

  • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
    9·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
    7·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      103·
      2 years ago

      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.

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    As long as you seed long enough for me to get the bits I need, I’m cool