Personally I use public trackers the most and only recently private trackers for stuff in my native language.
I did setup i2p a few days ago and currently have only downloaded around ~1GB. Most of my bandwith (143 GB in / 135.5 GB out) has come from just having it in the background 24/7.
The advantages of usenet don’t really apply to me (longer retention, faster speeds, no vpn)
Streaming i find useful for checking if something is worth downloading
From how many people talk about real-debrid I would’ve thought it’d see more usage. But I also prefer having media stored by me instead of streaming. With Jellyfin it’s easier to access with multiple devices.
Mostly just streaming, maybe some direct downloads i like paywalled / premium OC. I couldn't really afford either anyway so I can't say I feel too bad about it. If VoD providers wouldn't have turned out to be so garbage I might've gotten one of them, but not if that means I can't watch everything anyway. Like what's the point? I'm not gonna subscribe to everyone or hop around services. Exclusive content kinda killed them in my eyes.
I didn’t know whether downloading music from yt using NewPipe would be considered DDL, so I just put “Other” for that. I put streaming only because that’s how I’ve been trying to keep up on Pokemon Horizons.
I have become a streaming junkie since I got a chromecast. I even stream pirated shit I already pirated and saved to a drive. Actually streaming pirated shit I already downloaded and saved to a drive years ago. I just hope certain apps remain available for this magic forever. I think it’s key to own a dumb TV (not a smart TV). I don’t need no 4K. Got me a Ch-cast HD. Got me some wi-fi. Got me some Stremio.
So I set up i2pd on my Android phone, but I’m not sure how to torrent over i2pd. Mostly I use a VPN on my phone with libretorrent. I used to seedbox most everything.
Add comment