Agreed, sometimes we get caught-up in ideas of these things that we are told are “major” events. But don’t really calm down to what is after them. Like finishing school (any level) feels like it will just “be” the answer, but then the structure is gone and then there isn’t a firm predictable path to follow. Just left with the feeling of “now what do I do?” Or the realization of how quickly dull/mundane it is after the initial goal is met.
I remember how excited I was to learn how to use my dad’s riding mower was (both because it was something to drive around and seemed like an “adult” task), but then I just became the one that had to mow. But I have found it kind of a great time to listen to books. So I now look forward to it (most of the time), because it is uninterrupted time to listen to them. No distractions aside from like the bagger getting stopped-up.
It is more leeching than sharing, but if it is actually torrenting then it should also be uploading while the “stream” is playing. So kind of like PeerTube. Just really depends on both how it is setup, and how popular the video is at any time. Though it sucks that there isn’t a good way to make sure connections happen.
There are lots of times that I get torrents the regular way that I would like to have uploading to other peers at the same time. But will notice that I get few to zero peers for uploading with popular files. There are times that I will leave it seeding for weeks without any uploading. So I end up deleting the torrent so I can move files or free up space because I already made a second copy to sort. Not always the case, but frustrating to not even see a few MB go to anyone. With PeerTube I see my upload working more consistently, but main issue there is just not often that I am watching something that a lot of others (or any others) are also watching.