At home, I open it up and see that THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTER WAS CUT OUT!!! Literally there were the ends of the pages still bound with strings and you can see a wavy scalpel cut where the rest of the page would be.

Thats the physical equivalent of an incomplete torrent. Felt so bad.

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 hours ago

That's a special kind of pain.

"What do you mean 'force start' isn't doing anything?!?!"

It honestly depends. If it's something I was on the fence about AND it's not absurdly overpriced, probably just buy. Or put on a Steam wishlist for some future sale while I keep trying to find elsewhere.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

Ive had decent luck watching things stuck at 99.9% and having it work fine. Sometimes it's just an .nfo file or the like thats missing.

[–] overkrill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

have you tried staring at the torrent? if it doesnt work try staring longer

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I stared at it as if it were scp-173, nothing happened.

Maybe I need stare at SCP-96 and use it as the fuel for my modem instead.

[–] baka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Which torrent is it

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Some obscure audiobook. Highly doubt you'd have it.

Like its not one track, its separate files for each chapter, so I can still listen to most of it. only like two chapters have missing bits and is kinda semi-corrupted due to the missing bits.

Kinda feel like getting Audible because then its kinda unlimited access and I'll binge through a a few books, then cancel when I'm out of content (that I'm interested in) lol. I don't think I'll have use for the audio files after listening through it once.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 hours ago

Fuck that, don't use audible! What is the title / author?

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

libro.fm has a nice drm free audio bookshop if you change your mind and do want to keep the audio files afterwards

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

Libraries are generally pretty good for books and audiobooks. Get stuff through libby or hoopla.

[–] SteakSneak@retrolemmy.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Are you on audibookbay?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. Only one seed, its 99.9% availability.

I can technically still listen to most of it, but the missing 0.01% triggers me for some reason.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 hours ago

How long has it been on 99.9%? Still a chance you just need to wait for someone to turn on their computer?

If I can’t get an audiobook specifically I usually mark it as a request in the Libby app and hope the library will purchase some licenses. Does your library offer similar services?

To answer your original question though I don’t generally buy stuff I’ve failed to torrent. I intermittently search for it again unless I forget about it though.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Same. For me it's not about the money but the service and experience. I wouldn't mind buying a blu-ray and ripping it but I'm not going to subscribe to some service, log in, and use their app to watch a single show or movie because I find that whole process to be a chore.

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

A chore, frequently an obnoxious experience and lastly a trap.

I don't want a promise of 'maybe we will let you view this until we capriciously remove it from our service'. Either I own what I pay for or no deal. I try to heavily prioritize GOG over Steam and while I have some streaming services in my orbit (not my choices) I always have 'backup' copies of my own.