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MAM is just bizarre, is every private tracker like that? (lemmy.today)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

Fr, several years ago, when I got into torrentleech, they absolutely required a modern version of uTorrent, and outright said use of qBittorrent would lead to a ban. Assuming it was a scam by someone who had money to gain from forcing adware like uTorrent on people, I asked about it on Reddit, and no, apparently they were a well-respected tracker at the time. Not to mention the fact that their actual, official guide for getting your ratio up was basically "Go out and harm public trackers."

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Your last comment must be about the "Outside seeding" section of the ratio guide?

    I guess it depends on the individual's attitude toward the entire idea of sharing. To me, I can improve my ratio on a private tracker while further benefitting the whole by continuing to seed what I download on the public tracker. If I'm already seeding the files for one tracker, why wouldn't I just keep the other one active?

    If the attitude is I will download this from the public tracker, stop the torrent immediately, and then seed for my ratio... That's the kind of person a private tracker probably doesn't want and maybe won't last anyway.

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