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cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/1072752

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn't want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (10 children)

What exactly is a seedbox and how much is it?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It's, in layman's terms, server space you rent out and can use for your downloads. torrent clients like transmission are usually built in. I pay £5 a month for 2tb space and enough bandwidth to keep a good ratio.

So instead of downloading to my pc, I download torrents to the seedbox (at a blazing fast speed) and then download files from there to my pc whenever I feel like it, again at stupid good speeds.

I have FTP access, so I've just added it as a folder/mounted drive on my windows and Linux mint file explorers. Works great. Also have it on my smart TV as a web address for quick streaming of whatever I downloaded.

Edit: this also eliminates the risk of downloading Torrents locally.

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

That sounds great!
Which Seedbox Service do you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Look up real-debrid with Stremio if you wanna skip the download part. It's like renting someone elses seedbox.

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