In the world of file sharing, BitTorrent has long been hailed as the go-to protocol for its efficient initial distribution capabilities. However, when it comes to maintaining availability and ensuring the longevity of shared files, BitTorrent falls short. There are several alternative platforms that make it much easier to share files, allowing the seeder to reorganize the files to their hearts’ content without losing the ability to keep seeding to a torrent. Fopnu, eMule, DC++, and Nicotine+ are some of the better alternatives that make sharing a breeze.

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  • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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    1 year ago

    However, when it comes to maintaining availability and ensuring the longevity of shared files, BitTorrent falls short.

    And

    Why I Would Never Seed a Torrent

    I wonder if there’s a correlation!

      • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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        1 year ago

        You can’t complain about a supposed problem… When you yourself are actively making a it a problem… “Sherlock”

        Edit: This is akin to punching yourself and wondering why you have a black eye.

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            1 year ago

            I’m sorry, but that’s factually not what you stated. And even then… it’s irrelevant.

            DHT and PEX exist. You don’t need a central torrent tracker to use the torrent protocol. Much in the same way that ed2k+kad works.

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    I’m assuming you’ve never been a member of a private tracker then? They would boot you off in a heartbeat. And after this post, no one is going to want to send you an invite.

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      I seed 160 TB, but not over BitTorrent. I certainly don’t need access to private trackers to find what I want, and I have even less interest in contributing to them since I think they are elitist. Information shouldn’t be hidden behind an invitation. That’s no better than a subscription or paywall in my book.

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        I agree information shouldn’t be behind an invitation, but it does solve 3 important things:

        • Keeps the law out of your hair
        • Seed requirements ensure torrents stay alive
        • Incentivizes strict quality control and uploading new content

        I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve downloaded something from a public source and it’s been crap quality, or isn’t even the thing I wanted to download. Sometimes the file is fine but it takes 3 weeks to download because it has one seeder with a 10kbps upload rate. That’s a big “if” on if I can find it at all if it’s something more obscure.

        Until someone solves those 3 issues in another way, I don’t see a better solution.

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    1 year ago

    While I find it annoying that I can’t rename files and think that could have easily been avoided in the original bittorrent design, it’s not too inconvenient to just copy the files and leave the originals in a “seed” folder.

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      1 year ago

      You can rename through the client but it would be nice if the clients could also use a hash, then when it detects a file is missing it could just scan the dir for a matching file automatically.

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    1 year ago

    What’s the best current eMule client? Can cosign dc++ and Soulseek/nicotine those are my main sources these days rarely torrent

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      I use mldonkey 3.1.7 for ed2k/kad and bittorrent, in the past I have used dc++ for a short time, but I prefer the idea of ed2k/kad.