The original post: /r/piracy by /u/redditt1984 on 2024-12-04 00:23:02.
I started pirating when I was a teenager and ended up leeching quite a bit because I fundamentally did not understand how P2P file sharing worked. I just didn't see how it was different from downloading anything else off the internet. I changed my ways once I realized my actions were negatively impacting others, and these days I consider myself to be a pretty generous seeder. My point is, when someone leeches off me, I choose to believe they are ignorant to how the system works or have a limited data cap, or whatever else it may be. I don't want to automatically assume that everybody who leeches off me is a horrible person. That seems like a pretty shitty way to view the world.
However, it is absolutely INFURIATING when my ratio is higher than the total seeds. The latest hollywood blockbusters? Go ahead, leech away bro, see if I care. Terrifier 3 has like a zillion seeds. I genuinely hope you enjoy the movie. But why the FUCK do people leech extremely rare and obscure high art films? The Girlfriend Experience (2009) and the uncut version of Kite (1998) that was PAINSTAKINGLY spliced together have less than 10 seeds. And yet people still. keep. leeching. Why? Do these people not understand how valuable the thing they're downloading is? Do they just not care? Did they pop out of the womb already assholes, or did the world make them this way?
And yes, I use private trackers. They're great, I love them to death. But I still prefer using public trackers unless they just straight up don't have the piece I'm looking for. It feels like the less seeds a torrent has, and the more valuable the film is, the more likely people are to leech. Maybe that's not the case at all, but it definitely feels that way. Karma doesn't exist. There is no justice in this world.