I agree keeping the process automagically performed is better for new users.
Absolutely. Using a torrent at all is a hack and a (small) barrier to entry that should be removed if possible.
But if using a torrent is the current plan I can throw bandwidth at it.
There seem to be more downloaders than seeders on the new torrent right now. After changing torrents I'm downloading at 0kB/s and uploading at 1 MB/s.