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It's, in layman's terms, server space you rent out and can use for your downloads. torrent clients like transmission are usually built in. I pay £5 a month for 2tb space and enough bandwidth to keep a good ratio.
So instead of downloading to my pc, I download torrents to the seedbox (at a blazing fast speed) and then download files from there to my pc whenever I feel like it, again at stupid good speeds.
I have FTP access, so I've just added it as a folder/mounted drive on my windows and Linux mint file explorers. Works great. Also have it on my smart TV as a web address for quick streaming of whatever I downloaded.
Edit: this also eliminates the risk of downloading Torrents locally.
Is it advisable to have a VPN though to access the seedbox though?
Shouldn't need one if you trust your seedbox provider to not log. And even if you don't trust them you'd need to find a VPN to trust more and they're almost all super sketchy.
That sounds great!
Which Seedbox Service do you recommend?
Look up real-debrid with Stremio if you wanna skip the download part. It's like renting someone elses seedbox.
I use seedhost.eu, can't really recommend others as this is my first! But it's been great so far, easy to use and access
I use transdroid on my mobile for torrent management