edit 2: thank you to everyone who replied.
edit: What type of leechers are acceptable and what kind are not acceptable according to you?
It's amazing how much I need others to validate my actions. I wish I could live guilt free without this. But, I can't, so here I am. Good people of lemmy, judge me
I don't have a lot of internet. I get like 1.5 GB of internet a dafy and it's 4G, not truly 4g, more like 0.2 mbps to 4mbps at max and I don't seed after I am done downloading my torrents. If I had greater amounts of Data, like limitless data or something like 2000GBs per month or something, I would constantly be seeding, but I don't. Are my actions morally justifiable? I feel guilty when that last seeder seeds me all I need and when someone needs another seeder, I turn off my seeding :(
I mean, I don't want to do it, but with the data I have, I can't afford to seed much, what should I do?
I might take some time to reply to you, I ain't abandoning the thread btw, is https://sh.itjust.works/ down? Just asking, I could not access it today
PS: I seed books and stuff like that. I mean, they are only like 1 or 2 mbs and I seed em when no one else is. But you know other stuff like extra legal videos series, soap operas etc etc are beyond me
Most people don't usually torrent on mobile data, and if they do it's understandable that they can't be expected to give back. It's fine, maybe in the future when you get broadband you can start seeding back.
Leachers are a fact of life. It's not praiseworthy, but it's not damning.
I used to be a leacher, even when I had a broadband connection. I never really knew why seeding was important. Now, I try to match the data I have uploaded, at least, if not more. Like, of I download a 50gb of something. I seed at least 50gb before I remove it.
I wouldn't worry about it, not everyone can have good Internet. You're doing what you can and that's okay.
Some people like to rent a seedbox because of this, that way they can download and upload torrents very quickly, especially on private trackers.
Seed > Leech > Disconnected. You’re still providing redundancy for the torrent, but it would be better to seed obviously.
I'm a leech because you can get fined in my country for seeding too much
is India one of those countries? Are there perfectly safe ways to seed?
IDC if you seed or leech as long as everyone that wants the file gets it.
As long as you seed long enough for me to get the bits I need, I’m cool 
It's fine, if hit-and-run leeching was a huge problem then more trackers would enforce seed ratios. But most don't, because it's not. The fact that you mostly leech just means that you can't most private trackers. Oh well, just use the public trackers instead and seed what you can.
I tried seeding with my data. Typically I get around 1Mbps during the day. Also being behind CG-NAT doesn't help it (can't open ports). So far I only managed to get one torrent above 1.0 ratio, but it took quite a while.
So my guess is that even if you tried, you possibly wouldn't be that successful anyway. Also many popular torrents already have fast seedboxes competing, so your slow unconnectable network won't see much demand anyway.
Being a leecher when you don't have any alternatives is not something bad.
I leeched when I was on limited bandwidth now I am the sole peer for about a dozen hard to find torrents. Balance in all things.
