breakingcups@lemmy.worldtoPiracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•ways to watch a torrent while it's downloading?English
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8 months agoTorrents are usually not downloaded in order but (for all intents and purposes) randomly. That means that, even though 10% might already be downloaded, it might just be the final 10% of the movie (or more realistically, random snippets scattered throughout the file).
There used to be some torrent clients that were able to do what you ask, request pieces in order only, but I don’t know if they are still around and they could potentially affect your download speed.
That’s not what using proprietary code means in this case.
Besides, it’s possible they “legitimately” bought a copy of the game from a store that accidentally broke the embargo date. You can’t legally blame customers for that.