by Teuchter » Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:49 pm
Strictly speaking, torrents require only one GOOD seeder.
You are correct that many people "hit and run" and do not seed. But we are all in the business of sharing and so we do what we can.
The fact that some people don't play the game shouldn't deter us from trying to help. Having experienced the common frustration of trying to download large files in multiple parts, I'm happy to try to reduce this frustration for others.
Since my ISP doesn't count uploads, I'm happy to seed indefinitely since there is no downside to doing so.