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Apologies if this is a basic question, but I am curious to know what I am missing out on by not having access to private torrents? I have been able to find everything I wanted using public ones.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Private torrents are faster and safer. The downside is you typically have to maintain an upload ratio, which can be very hard to achieve without a seedbox.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The downside is you typically have to maintain an upload ratio, which can be very hard to achieve without a seedbox.

That's not a downside - the whole point is to promote seeding. Rent a seedbox for £5 a month and fill it with freeleech torrents and let it seed before you dive into downloading and you should easily be able to build a healthy ratio.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I understand the point, I have like 30TB uploaded on public trackers. It's a down side for the average user that does not have a seedbox or wants one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah - if your needs are met by public, then thats great. My seedbox is also my plex server, so for £10 a month I get an all in one solution - no risk of copyright hits, almost instant downloads that appear right on my plex server almost as soon as I add them. Funnily enough, the seedbox I use doesn't allow seeding on public trackers, only on private ones.

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