Meanwhile me who just never deletes anything:
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Some people including OP are completely missing the point of torrenting, which is to share, not leech. If everyone removed their torrents like the OP, everything would quickly become unavailable and die.
IMO a better strategy is to just limit your global upload speed. Then at least you're still making everything healthy and available, even if its distributed slowly.
Noobie question: Is keeping my PC running to seed torrents taxing on the HDD or would it shorten its lifespan?
Why delete the torrent? The point of torrenting is to use the file.
Lots of people don't have the storage space to keep every piece of media that they download. Once it's been watched or listened to, it's deleted.
Depending on the torrent, it's faster to consume it than to seed it.
What should i keep the iso i had to extract the setup files from around?
To help others download the file. Its the point of torrenting, to share.
Yep, I set 2 for public trackers. I'm not very good at holding onto stuff for long periods of time, but I just got my first seedbox on Saturday so that may change. I am also kicking myself for not getting a seedbox years ago, it's so good... and holy hell the speeds are amazing.