Somehow more than 5 ish seeders are usually enough for it to start playing within seconds.
But im mostly watching episodes as they come out and 1k+ seeders is usual.
I think it's 72h after linking your phone to your Xiaomi account, don't need their pc app abd tools work fine.
It's still one of the brands that are most open for custom roms since you'll retain your warranty unless you manage to do physical damage to the phone in the process.
Sponsor block gives me a nice list of options to do in that case: skip automatically, show a skip button or ignore. All based on what type of interruption there is.
With the current inflation it could've been 50 by now and you'd still be referencing just a year ago.