• dwindling7373@feddit.it
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    23 hours ago

    I’m not sure I understand.

    The users go to a streaming site, they look for a movie, they click the clicks, they watch the movie, they close the browser, the temporary files are deleted.

    What downloads? What stored files?

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      23 hours ago

      It uses a torrent file to download parts (temporarily) just like you use the same torrent to permanently download and seed. Only difference is they never keep the files for seeding, no different than if you downloaded, watched, and then deleted the file and torrent from your client.

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        23 hours ago

        Oh I see what you mean now. That would be seed-and-run.

        That’s unethical as far as pirating goes…

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          23 hours ago

          That’s unethical as far as pirating goes…

          Yes, but that doesn’t mean much to most people using public trackers to permanently download either so…