this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2024
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Without seeds, torrents become almost useless, and many pirate sites offer rare and hard-to-find movies/animes whose torrent versions never download because their seeds are practically extinct forever. So I don't think this is a weak complaint. If torrents didn't have this weakness I would always choose to use them but...
The usenet has many treasures
Especially if you buy access via 2 providers on different backbones. Haven't had a single failed/incomplete download since.