The original post: /r/torrents by /u/xnwkac on 2024-08-22 14:35:23.

So I recently signed up to a large private tracker that focuses on asian content. And I found this dilemma:

• It doesn't let me download a torrent that is newer than 1 week
• All torrents older than 1 week only have seeders (which makes sense given how many users have RSS and seedboxes)

This restriction goes away after "7 days, must seed at least 5GB and have ratio above 0.9". But seeding 5GB sounds basically impossible.

Noteworthy, the restrictions also goes away immediately if I donate any amount.

Did torrenting become pay-to-win? Or am I missing something?