streaming or torrenting today vs. 5 years ago - eviltoast

I’ve been a good boy for 5 years or so but the seas call to me. Are streaming sites the way to go now or is torrenting still a better bet for mainstream movies and tv? I’d imagine all of my accounts have been deleted on those sites so I’d be starting over.

  • BruceLee@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    I’m into older content but I’ve never done any torenting. If I were to start would it by harder for me because of the time of content i search, or would it be like any torrenting?

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      6 months ago

      I’m not sure what you’re asking exactly, but the reason older and niche content is harder/slower to find sometimes is because there are fewer people out there sharing (“seeding”) the files.

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        6 months ago

        ok. Thank you for the explanation. Honestly, I’m don’t know what I’m saying myself. Like I said, I’ve never done torrenting but I’m curious to try.

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          6 months ago

          It’s not that hard. The easiest way to start is probably get qBittorrent, which has built-in search of several major torrent sites at once.