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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Why do people do this? Readmes and nfo files take up literal kilobytes.... even over hundreds or even thousands of downloads, at most it's going to take up a few extra megabytes of download/storage, they're not saving anything at all. And it can be nice when the nfo includes all the releaser's original encode settings and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

true, but my jellyfin server doesn't care. if i didn't want it, i would've unselected it when importing the torrent.

[–] can 7 points 6 months ago

Wouldn't that still leave the user waiting unless they too unselected it?

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

Why do I need to know that “Torrent was downloaded from TheSiteINeverVisited.nfo”? It's just extra noise I don't need.

[–] jws_shadotak 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)