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streaming or torrenting today vs. 5 years ago (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been a good boy for 5 years or so but the seas call to me. Are streaming sites the way to go now or is torrenting still a better bet for mainstream movies and tv? I'd imagine all of my accounts have been deleted on those sites so I'd be starting over.

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[–] jeanofthedead 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There’s no need for torrenting with services like Stremio (with Real-Debrid).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There is if you intend to keep torrents alive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I haven't heard that before, so I had to search a bit. This poster says Stremio uploads, but theres no docs. https://www.reddit.com/r/Stremio/comments/182cb7f/does_stremio_upload/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Stremio uploads/seeds just when you're watching the movie, and usually with a very small cache. On a 20gb movie maybe you seed 200-300mb, which isn't anything substantial

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Real Debrid doesn't seed anything. Stremio just has other addons that can seed torrents, but they're not Real Debrid or one of the other debrid services

[–] jeanofthedead 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don’t have any need to keep torrents alive when Debrid services cache them all. Direct HTTPS file streams/downloads are so much faster than torrenting. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Theres no need for stremio if you torrent (remotely) and host jellyfin at home. Only a power outage can take me out.

[–] jeanofthedead 1 points 6 months ago

Oh, I run a Plex server as well. I just never ever use it anymore and don’t have any more desire to waste time (even on 1GBPs download speeds, torrents take too long) or disk space on it when I can access any movie or TV episode instantly now. It’s so much more convenient.