With Real-Debrid cracking down, TorBox should consider a temporary cache boost
With all the recent RD drama, I think TorBox has a pretty big opportunity right now.
Real-Debrid has already purged a ton of cached stuff and tightened anti piracy measures. If a wave of RD refugees is about to land here, it might actually be worth TorBox experimenting with a temporary bump in baseline cache retention. Even something like 45 to 60 days for a few months would:
Give new users more time to "discover" existing caches instead of constantly re-seeding torrents.
Help stabilize and grow the shared cache, since more people will be hitting the same files in that window.
Make TorBox stand out as a friendlier alternative while RD is busy tightening screws.
I get that storage is not free and TorBox needs to avoid abuse, but even a limited time or tier based cache extension (or just doing it quietly behind the scenes for popular content) could pay off in user growth and a stronger cache network long term.
Curious what other redditors of this sub and the devs think. Does a short term cache extension sound realistic, or are the storage and abuse costs just not worth it?